History of Cultivated Vegetables: Comprising Their Botanical, Medicinal, Edible, and Chemical Qualities; Natural History; and Relation to Art, Science, and Commerce, Том 2H. Colburn and Company, 1822 |
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History of Cultivated Vegetables: Comprising Their Botanical ..., Том 2 Henry Phillips Повний перегляд - 1827 |
History of Cultivated Vegetables: Comprising Their Botanical ..., Том 2 Henry Phillips Повний перегляд - 1822 |
History of Cultivated Vegetables: Comprising Their Botanical ..., Том 2 Henry Phillips Повний перегляд - 1827 |
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Сторінка 376 - And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
Сторінка 202 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Сторінка 104 - And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
Сторінка 375 - And it shall come to pass, in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh ; and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households; and for food for your little ones.
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