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... less bulk of stem and leaves . The spring vetch is a more delicate plant and grows more rapidly and luxuriantly than the winter variety . The name vetch is applied to other species of the genus Vicia . Vicia orobus , bitter vetch , and ...
... less bulk of stem and leaves . The spring vetch is a more delicate plant and grows more rapidly and luxuriantly than the winter variety . The name vetch is applied to other species of the genus Vicia . Vicia orobus , bitter vetch , and ...
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... less in quantity ; it curdles quickly , is acid , and when mixed with good milk produces clotting ; then it becomes thin and watery , and finally viscous , yellowish and foetid . At the base of the teat of the affected quarter ...
... less in quantity ; it curdles quickly , is acid , and when mixed with good milk produces clotting ; then it becomes thin and watery , and finally viscous , yellowish and foetid . At the base of the teat of the affected quarter ...
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... less and arid region , have but an intermittent flow , and are of little importance in the hydrography of the district . The only outlet of the lake is the Nile ( q.v. ) . command of a battalion . For his bravery at the. Drainage Area ...
... less and arid region , have but an intermittent flow , and are of little importance in the hydrography of the district . The only outlet of the lake is the Nile ( q.v. ) . command of a battalion . For his bravery at the. Drainage Area ...
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... less common and also less dignified than that of avoué . The advocats were often great barons who added their function of protector of an abbey to their own temporal sovereignty , whereas the vidames were usually petty nobles , who ...
... less common and also less dignified than that of avoué . The advocats were often great barons who added their function of protector of an abbey to their own temporal sovereignty , whereas the vidames were usually petty nobles , who ...
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... less interesting than as told in history ) ; the characters want life ; and the book generally stagnates . rather Its author , though always as a kind of outsider ( the phrase constantly applied to him in French literary essays and ...
... less interesting than as told in history ) ; the characters want life ; and the book generally stagnates . rather Its author , though always as a kind of outsider ( the phrase constantly applied to him in French literary essays and ...
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