Five Acres Too Much: A Truthful Elucidation of the Attractions of the Country, and a Careful Consideration of the Question of Profit and Loss as Involved in Amateur Farming, with Much Valuable Advice and Instruction to Those about Purchasing Large Or Small Places in the Rural Districts |
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Page iii
... GIVE AND THE EXPERIENCES THEY DESCRIBE ; IN THE SINCERE HOPE THAT THEY WILL NEVER WEARY OF COMPOSING BOOKS EQUALLY TRUTHFUL , TRUSTWORTHY , AND INTERESTING . THE AUTHOR . CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . Apotheosis of the Country , especially.
... GIVE AND THE EXPERIENCES THEY DESCRIBE ; IN THE SINCERE HOPE THAT THEY WILL NEVER WEARY OF COMPOSING BOOKS EQUALLY TRUTHFUL , TRUSTWORTHY , AND INTERESTING . THE AUTHOR . CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . Apotheosis of the Country , especially.
Page xii
... give a condensed edition of miniature forests , and furnish in one rod · the flowers that Nature , if left alone to her parsimo- nious way , would scatter over an acre ; gas is in the residences , pigs root in the public roads , and ...
... give a condensed edition of miniature forests , and furnish in one rod · the flowers that Nature , if left alone to her parsimo- nious way , would scatter over an acre ; gas is in the residences , pigs root in the public roads , and ...
Page xviii
... gives my subsequent opera- tions , which were as gloriously successful as the pre- vious ones , and prove beyond dispute the delight , benefit , and profit of rural occupations when they are intelligently conducted by a citizen of ...
... gives my subsequent opera- tions , which were as gloriously successful as the pre- vious ones , and prove beyond dispute the delight , benefit , and profit of rural occupations when they are intelligently conducted by a citizen of ...
Page 65
... gives ev- ery outward appearance of comfort , but no family has occupied it more than two consecutive months for many years . The house is haunted . Many years ago an old French lady owned the place , and she had one daughter - a beauty ...
... gives ev- ery outward appearance of comfort , but no family has occupied it more than two consecutive months for many years . The house is haunted . Many years ago an old French lady owned the place , and she had one daughter - a beauty ...
Page 82
... give five thousand for sixty minutes more . The hour went by , then another , and another , each bringing accessions to the crowd of anxious , hungry , unhappy waiting men and women that clung round the dépôt like drones round a hive ...
... give five thousand for sixty minutes more . The hour went by , then another , and another , each bringing accessions to the crowd of anxious , hungry , unhappy waiting men and women that clung round the dépôt like drones round a hive ...
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