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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... grow , the wisest man in the land . can not effect it . These and a few other similar ar- guments were entirely conclusive , and soon visions of the accomplished fact engrossed my mind . I should have a neat , modest , small , but cosy ...
... grow , the wisest man in the land . can not effect it . These and a few other similar ar- guments were entirely conclusive , and soon visions of the accomplished fact engrossed my mind . I should have a neat , modest , small , but cosy ...
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... grow any thing in it , and had it not been , unfortunately , that , for some unknown reason , not even a spear of grass had ever been willing to exist there . The quantity of milk , however , soon began to di- minish , until , after six ...
... grow any thing in it , and had it not been , unfortunately , that , for some unknown reason , not even a spear of grass had ever been willing to exist there . The quantity of milk , however , soon began to di- minish , until , after six ...
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... grow hot in the spring , or of lying at full length in their shade , that was evidently conducive to corpulency . When she wanted her meals , which she did not only at frequent intervals , but whenever any one came into the yard , she ...
... grow hot in the spring , or of lying at full length in their shade , that was evidently conducive to corpulency . When she wanted her meals , which she did not only at frequent intervals , but whenever any one came into the yard , she ...
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... growing fat and fatter- ( to continue her history and somewhat anticipate events ) —until summer came , and it was necessary to send her to the country . Then the services of another Irishman , of course , were called into requisition ...
... growing fat and fatter- ( to continue her history and somewhat anticipate events ) —until summer came , and it was necessary to send her to the country . Then the services of another Irishman , of course , were called into requisition ...
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... grow . Although it smelled strong , and my clothes were seriously damaged , my body proved , on careful examination ... growing ; in fact , a pig is a very different sort of animal . A pig never runs away and smashes wag- ons ; a pig ...
... grow . Although it smelled strong , and my clothes were seriously damaged , my body proved , on careful examination ... growing ; in fact , a pig is a very different sort of animal . A pig never runs away and smashes wag- ons ; a pig ...
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