So voracious are these Squalidæ, that I have often enough pulled a mere skeleton into the boat, instead of a plump cod of ten or twelve pounds weight.
Take of Gentain roots sliced, one pound and a half, the leaves and flowers of Centaury the less, of each four ounces, steep them eight days in twelve pounds of white Wine, then distil them in an alembick.
The lady-fish grows to a length of from one to three feet, and to a weight of from one to twelve pounds, though it is usually taken from two to five pounds.
It grows to a length of three or four feet, though it is usually taken of ten or twelve pounds in weight.
Its usual weight is from one-half to two or three pounds, occasionally weighing ten or twelve pounds.
Let it bake slowly till it comes to a pale yellow; and when cold, the crumpets may be toasted and buttered.
Arsenic and other baleful ingredients, if used for the destruction of vermin, should never be kept with common articles, or laid in the way of children.
Let it boil till the whey is clear; then drain it in a thin cloth, or hair sieve.
To twelve pounds of ripe fruit, Kentish or duke cherries, weigh one pound of sugar.
To twelve pounds of sliced parsnips, add four gallons of water, and boil them till they become soft.
Eight pounds is the common proportion to a quarter of malt; but in summer the quantity must be varied from eight to twelve pounds, according to the heat of the atmosphere.
Here was she in possession of a secret worth so much to her, and unable to turn it to account for want of a beggarly ten or twelve pounds.
On the following day she started early in the mail conveyance for Adelaide, leaving Peck behind as a pledge for the settlement of the bill, and determined to raise ten or twelve pounds somehow.
No relief having been obtained, twelve pounds of blood were taken from her, and the same drink was given.
They are called the Parmesan of England, and weigh from ten to twelve pounds.
From four to twelve pounds of the compound are given to each beast per day.
The flax formerly spun to twelve pounds a bundle, is, with hot water, spun to six.
There is a complete roller beam on each side; each of the rollers of the front row is pressed by its top rollers with a weight of ten or twelve pounds; but those of the middle and back rows bear weights of only one pound.
Twelve pounds of seeds are sufficient for sowing an acre of land.
Twelve pounds of pipe clay, and six pounds of gum.
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