He bore popular abuse and misrepresentation without the slightest murmur or sourness of temper.
Sourness is another distinctive flavor, and it comes from the use of lime juice.
Other acids became known during the alchemistic period; and the first attempt at a generalized conception of these substances was made by Paracelsus, who supposed them to contain a principle which conferred the properties of sourness and solubility.
Such a material would not only have an influence on the texture of the land but the lime would reduce the sourness of the land and the phosphate of lime supply one of the most valuable of plant foodconstituents.