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... means so absolute as to be determinable by degrees of lati- tude , so much depending on physical circumstances ; as elevation , soil , aspect , island , or continent , & c .; but as an approximation which may impress some general ideas ...
... means so absolute as to be determinable by degrees of lati- tude , so much depending on physical circumstances ; as elevation , soil , aspect , island , or continent , & c .; but as an approximation which may impress some general ideas ...
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... means of cultivating these , exclu- sive of the less valuable or useless . That year we sheared better than six hundred pounds of wool , for which we obtained one dollar per pound in the rough . When the lambs were old enough to take ...
... means of cultivating these , exclu- sive of the less valuable or useless . That year we sheared better than six hundred pounds of wool , for which we obtained one dollar per pound in the rough . When the lambs were old enough to take ...
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... means , and judgment in the application of the wa every stage of civilization , are as natural to him as as in herb and botanic gardens . Nature is here ter , that it is but very partially applied by man in those of the other animals ...
... means , and judgment in the application of the wa every stage of civilization , are as natural to him as as in herb and botanic gardens . Nature is here ter , that it is but very partially applied by man in those of the other animals ...
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... means of bestowing premiums of this sort . In the fattening of cattle and sheep , there is a point to be attained at which their flesh will be of the best quality , and most valuable to the consumer . Is not all beyond this a waste of ...
... means of bestowing premiums of this sort . In the fattening of cattle and sheep , there is a point to be attained at which their flesh will be of the best quality , and most valuable to the consumer . Is not all beyond this a waste of ...
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... means of a rail - road across the moun- over a four - mile piece of ground . At starting , the tains , to strike ... mean morning and the scent rising breast high , the dogs At Barham , lately , John Jennings , aged 98. He zen to gather ...
... means of a rail - road across the moun- over a four - mile piece of ground . At starting , the tains , to strike ... mean morning and the scent rising breast high , the dogs At Barham , lately , John Jennings , aged 98. He zen to gather ...
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Page 119 - The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me : But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
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