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Page 21
... replied that they preferred a warm mash , to be given three times a day ; and when he saw from my countenance that my mind was a blank on the subject of warm mashes , he explained that hot water was poured upon bran and meal mixed , and ...
... replied that they preferred a warm mash , to be given three times a day ; and when he saw from my countenance that my mind was a blank on the subject of warm mashes , he explained that hot water was poured upon bran and meal mixed , and ...
Page 39
... replied that he would come to New York and show me some plans of his own . I wrote a severe letter in answer , saying that I wanted an estimate , not a plan . Since then I have not heard from the gentleman , and believe he is still ...
... replied that he would come to New York and show me some plans of his own . I wrote a severe letter in answer , saying that I wanted an estimate , not a plan . Since then I have not heard from the gentleman , and believe he is still ...
Page 95
... replied , " don't you know that no pump will draw at over thirty feet ? " Suddenly the remembrance of school - days and their instruction came back to me ; a vacuum and its properties , the weight of a column of air , and all that ...
... replied , " don't you know that no pump will draw at over thirty feet ? " Suddenly the remembrance of school - days and their instruction came back to me ; a vacuum and its properties , the weight of a column of air , and all that ...
Page 102
... replied that doubtless I had , as I paid the highest price in market . " Oh , pshaw ! " he answered , " they are never sold in market ; wait till you eat a Daniel O'Rourke pea , and then you can say you know what peas are . There are ...
... replied that doubtless I had , as I paid the highest price in market . " Oh , pshaw ! " he answered , " they are never sold in market ; wait till you eat a Daniel O'Rourke pea , and then you can say you know what peas are . There are ...
Page 104
... replied Pat- rick ; " I have been all the morning poking the pays back under the earth . I've been thinking there must have been somebody over it , for they were all out of the ground intirely . " Considering that three horses had been ...
... replied Pat- rick ; " I have been all the morning poking the pays back under the earth . I've been thinking there must have been somebody over it , for they were all out of the ground intirely . " Considering that three horses had been ...
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