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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... learned in cows . In fact , he was learned in most farming matters , and , being naturally proud of his adopted village , and interested in my success in em- igrating thither , gave me throughout his valuable ad- vice and assistance ...
... learned in cows . In fact , he was learned in most farming matters , and , being naturally proud of his adopted village , and interested in my success in em- igrating thither , gave me throughout his valuable ad- vice and assistance ...
Page 45
... learned to cheat , and the hackmen imitated their fellows . Population di- minished , building lots were worthless , and one half the houses were vacant . But the inhabitants were a Scriptural people , and , remembering how the patri ...
... learned to cheat , and the hackmen imitated their fellows . Population di- minished , building lots were worthless , and one half the houses were vacant . But the inhabitants were a Scriptural people , and , remembering how the patri ...
Page 48
... learned that a stranger was about bringing a house from Nantucket . The Gazette entered into the sub- ject with spirited hilarity , hoping that it would move faster than the " pattern house , " and wondering whether it would sail down ...
... learned that a stranger was about bringing a house from Nantucket . The Gazette entered into the sub- ject with spirited hilarity , hoping that it would move faster than the " pattern house , " and wondering whether it would sail down ...
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... learned the hab- its of American children , consented to an elopement with her lover ; the time was set , the hour arrived . It was a bright moonlight night , the seventh of October , in the year eighteen hundred and no matter what ; a ...
... learned the hab- its of American children , consented to an elopement with her lover ; the time was set , the hour arrived . It was a bright moonlight night , the seventh of October , in the year eighteen hundred and no matter what ; a ...
Page 91
... learned to like dirty , water . I have always had a weakness for water . Whisky is the natural Ameri- can drink ; lager bier is admirably suited to the Teu- tonic mistinesss of intellect ; the frothy Champagne is adapted to the volatile ...
... learned to like dirty , water . I have always had a weakness for water . Whisky is the natural Ameri- can drink ; lager bier is admirably suited to the Teu- tonic mistinesss of intellect ; the frothy Champagne is adapted to the volatile ...
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