 | Edmund Burke - 1774 - 606 pagine
...thefp they make atfo their firings, lines, and cordage for every purpofe, which are fo much ftronger than any thing we can make with hemp, that they will not bear a companion. From the fame plant, by another preparation, they drawlong (lender libres which fhine iike... | |
 | 1774 - 690 pagine
...natives make their firings, lines, and cordage for every purpofe, and ' which are fo much ftrongcr t'.un any thing we can make with hemp, that they will not bear a comparison.' By a different preparation, they draw from the fame plant ' long ikndcr -fibres which... | |
 | Several Hands - 1774 - 622 pagine
...natives make their firings, lines, and cordage for every purpofe, and ' which are fo much ftronger than any thing we can make with hemp, that they will not bear Ъ companion.' By a different preparation, they draw from thé fame plant ' long (lender libres which... | |
 | 1775 - 674 pagine
...thefe they make alfo their firings, lines, and cordage for every purpofe, which are fo much ftronger than any thing we can make with hemp, that they will...plant, by another preparation, they draw long flender fibres which mine like filk, and are as white as fnow; of thefe, which are alfo furprizingly ftrong,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1813 - 368 pagine
...these they make also their strings, lines, and cordage for every purpose, which are so much stronger than any thing we can make with hemp, that they will not bear a comparison. From the same plant, by another preparation, they draw long slender fibres which shine... | |
 | John Campbell - 1813 - 546 pagine
...apparel, as well as their strings, lines and cordage for every purpose, which are »o much stronger than any thing we can make with hemp, that they will not bear a comparison. Of the leaves of this plant, without any other preparation than that of splitting them... | |
 | James O'Hara - 1818 - 500 pagine
...they also make their " strings, lines, and cordage, for every purpose, " which are so much stronger than any thing " we can make with hemp, that they will not " bear a comparison. From the same plant, " by another preparation, they draw long " slender fibres that shine... | |
 | John Campbell - 1818 - 520 pagine
...apparel, as well as their strings, lines, and cordage, for every purpose, which are so much stronger than any thing we can make with hemp, that they will not bear a comparison. Of the leaves of this plant, without any other preparation than that of splitting them... | |
 | 1833 - 494 pagine
...they also manufacture their strings, lines, and cordage for every purpose, which are so much stronger than any thing we can make with hemp, that they will not bear a comparison. From the same plant, by another process, they draw long slender fibres, which shine like... | |
 | Edmund Ruffin - 1838 - 834 pagine
...they also manufacture their strings, lined and cordage for every purpose, which are so much stronger than any thing we can make with hemp, that they will not bear a comparison. From the same plant, by another procesa, they draw long slender fibres, which shine like... | |
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... more numerous ; in one kind they are yellow, and in the other a deep red. Of the leaves of these plants, with very little preparation, they, make all their common apparel ; and... 