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Mediaeval Sicily, aspects of life and art in the middle ages (1910)

Waern, Cecilia, 1853- · London, Duckworth & co · leaf 132

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irrigated, theremay grow the short and narrow cucumbers, thelonger melons, the water-melons that approach theform of a sphere, the gourds which spread over agreater space on plaited reeds. Continuing in the same strain, which it may bewell to condense somewhat here, our author men-tions the… … CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCEand that which is between the two of a temper-ate state; the lemons fitted by their asperity for dress-ing viands; the oranges (bitter) also full of anacid juice and more fitted to dehght the eye withtheir beauty than meet for this use. He bids usnotice that they do not fall…

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