Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General KnowledgeRedfield and Lindsay, 1836 |
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... called the 28th Olympiad , B. C. 68. And now profane history begins to assume a more credible form , though still debased by fable . The Romans were rising into notice in Italy ; while in Greece the petty states of Athens and Sparta ...
... called the 28th Olympiad , B. C. 68. And now profane history begins to assume a more credible form , though still debased by fable . The Romans were rising into notice in Italy ; while in Greece the petty states of Athens and Sparta ...
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... called the hypo - sulphurous , upon the principle of nomenclature before explained . It cannot be exhibited in a separate state ; for at the moment of quitting the base with which it is united , it is resolved into sulphurous acid and ...
... called the hypo - sulphurous , upon the principle of nomenclature before explained . It cannot be exhibited in a separate state ; for at the moment of quitting the base with which it is united , it is resolved into sulphurous acid and ...
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... called a leaflet , and the joint is called an articulation . The horsechestnut , rose - tree , ash , sweet and com- mon pea , laburuum , clover , and a multitude of plants , have compound leaves . Compound leaves are of different kinds ...
... called a leaflet , and the joint is called an articulation . The horsechestnut , rose - tree , ash , sweet and com- mon pea , laburuum , clover , and a multitude of plants , have compound leaves . Compound leaves are of different kinds ...
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... called lobes , which project out at right angles or nearly . Ex .: common groundsel . When the lobes are again cut into smaller , the leaf is called bi - pinnatifid . Palmate , when the general form of the leaf is roundish , but it is ...
... called lobes , which project out at right angles or nearly . Ex .: common groundsel . When the lobes are again cut into smaller , the leaf is called bi - pinnatifid . Palmate , when the general form of the leaf is roundish , but it is ...
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... called , extending through the centre , and the heart of the state , from east to west , affords in- calculable advantages to the business of the state , and furnishes the finest facilities for travel , of any work of its kind in the ...
... called , extending through the centre , and the heart of the state , from east to west , affords in- calculable advantages to the business of the state , and furnishes the finest facilities for travel , of any work of its kind in the ...
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Page 36 - Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Page 357 - And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Page 213 - As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, and been lifted by it into sunshine, will, when the hardy plant is rifted by...
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