The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most Curious and Remarkable in the World; Whether Relating to Its Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Or to the Manufactures, Buildings and Inventions of Its Inhabitants, Compiled from Historical and Geographical Works of Established Celebrity, and Illustrated with the Discoveries of Modern Travellers, Volym 5J. Walker, 1803 |
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... grows spon- taneously in the warm parts of the East - Indies , as well as in America . It is the product of an herba- ceous plant with leaves like an aloe , and the top of the fruit is adorned with a little crown , and a bunch of leaves ...
... grows spon- taneously in the warm parts of the East - Indies , as well as in America . It is the product of an herba- ceous plant with leaves like an aloe , and the top of the fruit is adorned with a little crown , and a bunch of leaves ...
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... grows , which is found of service to re- store a decayed or broken constitution . Great en- deavours have lately been used to cultivate the plant in Europe , which have been attended with such success , that very fine fruits of this ...
... grows , which is found of service to re- store a decayed or broken constitution . Great en- deavours have lately been used to cultivate the plant in Europe , which have been attended with such success , that very fine fruits of this ...
Sida 28
... grows a large excrescence in form of a cabbage , excellent to eat , and far ex- ceeding our finest cabbages in flavour . From the sides and upper parts of the cabbage there like- wise shoot out clusters of pods , containing some small ...
... grows a large excrescence in form of a cabbage , excellent to eat , and far ex- ceeding our finest cabbages in flavour . From the sides and upper parts of the cabbage there like- wise shoot out clusters of pods , containing some small ...
Sida 29
... grows ourer , and on the third day it is entirely acid . In order to make vinegar of this liquor , they put the ... grow in the same manner , and it bears a fruit with a green covering of the shape and size of a pallet's egg . This ...
... grows ourer , and on the third day it is entirely acid . In order to make vinegar of this liquor , they put the ... grow in the same manner , and it bears a fruit with a green covering of the shape and size of a pallet's egg . This ...
Sida 30
... grows in all the Indian provinces on the sea - coast . The Indians chew it in the morning , afternoon , and evening , and carry it about with them almost continually ; but they use the nut and lime with it to qualify its bitterness ...
... grows in all the Indian provinces on the sea - coast . The Indians chew it in the morning , afternoon , and evening , and carry it about with them almost continually ; but they use the nut and lime with it to qualify its bitterness ...
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is ..., Volym 5 Thomas Smith Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1803 |
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