Take of Troches of Squils forty-eight drams, Troches of Vipers, long Pepper, Opium of Thebes, Magma, Hedycroi dried, of each twenty-four drams, red Roses exungulated, Orris, Illirick, juice of Liquorice, the seeds of sweet Navew, Scordium, Opobalsamum, Cinnamon, Agerick, of each twelve drams, Myrrh, Costus, or Zedoary, Saffron, Cassia Lignea, Indian Spikenard, Schenanth, Pepper white and black, Olibanum, Dittany of Crete, Rhapontic, Stœchas, Horehound, Macedonian Parsley seed, Calaminth, Cypress, Turpentine, the roots of Cinquefoyl and Ginger, of each six drams, Poley Mountain, Chamepitis, Celtic Spikenard, Amomus, Styrax Calamitis, the roots of Meum, the tops of Germander, the roots of Rhapontic, Earth of Lemnos, Indian Leaf, Chalcitis burnt, or instead thereof Roman Vitriol burnt, Gentian roots, Gum Arabic, the juice of Hypositis, Carpobalsamum or Nutmegs, or Cubebs, the seeds of Annis, Cardamoms, Fennel, Hartwort, Acacia, or instead thereof the juice of Sloes made thick, the seeds of Treacle Mustard, and Ammi, the tops of St. John’s Wort, Sagapen, of each four drams, Castorium, the roots of long Birth-wort, Bitumen, Judaicum, Carrot seed, Opopanax, Centaury the less, Galbanum, of each two drams, Canary Wine enough to dissolve what is to be dissolved, Honey the treble weight of the dry species, make them into an Electuary according to art. — from The Complete Herbal
To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper
ducem pugna magnanimum calamitas Christianum
Nauclerum tempestas, athletam stadium, ducem pugna, magnanimum calamitas, Christianum vero tentatio probat et examinat. — from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive fishing zone: 25 nm Climate: Mediterranean; mild, rainy winters; hot, dry summers Terrain: mostly low, rocky, flat to dissected plains; many coastal cliffs Elevation extremes: lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Ta'Dmejrek 253 m (near Dingli) — from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
dissected plains many coastal cliffs
depressions Liechtenstein: mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in western third Lithuania: lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil Luxembourg: mostly gently rolling uplands with broad, shallow valleys; uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope down to Moselle flood plain in the southeast Macau: generally flat Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River Madagascar: narrow coastal plain, high plateau and mountains in center Malawi: narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains Malaysia: coastal plains rising to hills and mountains Maldives: flat, with white sandy beaches Mali: mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast Malta: mostly low, rocky, flat to dissected plains; many coastal cliffs Man, Isle of: hills in north and south bisected by central valley Marshall Islands: low coral limestone and sand islands Martinique: mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano Mauritania: mostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills Mauritius: small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau Mayotte: generally undulating, with deep ravines and ancient volcanic peaks Mexico: high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert Micronesia, Federated States of: islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Truk Midway Islands: low, nearly level Moldova: rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea Monaco: hilly, rugged, rocky Mongolia: vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central Montserrat: volcanic islands, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland Morocco: northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus, intermontane valleys, and rich coastal plains Mozambique: mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west Namibia: mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east Nauru: sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center — from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
down plus minus convex concave
And so, in the fact of aspect, we have, indeed, in a thousand forms, disparity that matches the difference between the concepts now 148 before us: e. g. , right, left; up, down; plus, minus; convex, concave. — from Humanistic Studies of the University of Kansas, Vol. 1 by Pearl Hogrefe
dissected plains many coastal cliffs
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive fishing zone: 25 nm Climate: Mediterranean; mild, rainy winters; hot, dry summers Terrain: mostly low, rocky, flat to dissected plains; many coastal cliffs Elevation extremes: lowest point: — from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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