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The new imperial encyclopaedia, or, Dictionary of the sciences and arts : comprehending also the whole circle of miscellaneous literature ... . flii/ htf J^m^-f JPIf JE lUM AT IC S ,. hihtijhf^ hf Jatne^ (iutdjir, Albitm fiv,/M PCEC 357 FOE rotten wood, mushrooms, and in melon-beds. In Lapland theyare ^eeii running upon tne snow, but when it begins to melt theyMerish. The potUira, by its elasticity, eluilcs the ea^er grasp ofthe naturalist. Its iiard torky tail is a kind of spring, by njeansof which the body of the animal is thrown up into the air. PQ5C1LE, a famous portico at Athens, wliich received its namefrom the variety (toixi>.o,-) of paintings which it contained. Zenokept his school there ; and there also the stoics received their les-sons, whence their name, from r<=, a porch. It was adorned withhistorical pictures of the siege and destruction of Troy, battle ofMarathon, &c. PCENI, a name given by the Romans to the Carthaginians ; acorruption of the word Phani, or Phrenices, as the Cartlmgmianswere originally a colony of Phoenicians. PCESTUM, , or POSSIDONIA, an ancient cityof GiTPcia Magna, now part of Naples. POEIICAL RISING
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