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Five parts of saltpetre, one of sulphur, and one of carbo ligneus have been separately prepared.
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[76] Facciolatus thus defines the Phallus: "penis ligneus, vel vitreus, vel coriaceus, quem in Bacchi festis plaustro impositum per rura et urbes magno honore circumferebant."
The Symbolism of Freemasonry Albert G. Mackey
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Perlege. nunc superum limen scinditur, nunc adest exitium Ilio, turbat equos lepide ligneus.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Mr. Gladstone's “ligneus equus” quotation; but I am afraid Mr. Lowe's continuation was better.
Lady John Russell Ed 1910
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In some coal works the fusion of the strata of coal has been so slight, that there remains the appearance of ligneus fibres, and the impression of leaves, as at Bovey near Exeter, and even seeds of vegetables, of which I have had specimens from the collieries near Polesworth in
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766
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&, praeter K, et alia lumina L in canalem aperta fint, quo - rum cuiuis inljtrtus fit tubulns ereftus, ligneus vel metalli - cus claufus epiftomio fub; horum epiftomiorum aliqUo con - verfo» aqua per eios tubulum vtique exprimetur, quae vt de - jluat inpoculum appofitum, reliqua tubuli forma efficiet Caeterum tubuii» a fuperficie menfae furgentes, ofTendicula vix erant, ftatuti prope marginem orbis verlatilis; poterat - que cuilibet conuiuae fuus tribui.
Scriptorvm rei rvsticae vetervm latinorvm tomvs primvs-[qvartvs].. 1794
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„ ponitur initio utriufquc Poctac ornatus ligneus, &c. Haec cl.
Specimen historico criticum editionum italicarum saeculi XV 1794
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