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. C By Robert B. Roosevelt ... |
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Page 35
... answered resolutely , " She is not for sale at all , at all , but going to the country for air and grass . ' " " " But it's an awful time I've had with her , " he continued , in his narration . " Sure and didn't she lay down with me ...
... answered resolutely , " She is not for sale at all , at all , but going to the country for air and grass . ' " " " But it's an awful time I've had with her , " he continued , in his narration . " Sure and didn't she lay down with me ...
Page 39
... answer , saying that I wanted an estimate , not a plan . Since then I have not heard from the gentleman , and believe he is still studying out the beauties of my arrangement , and will , one of these days , come before the world as a ...
... answer , saying that I wanted an estimate , not a plan . Since then I have not heard from the gentleman , and believe he is still studying out the beauties of my arrangement , and will , one of these days , come before the world as a ...
Page 58
... answered in the affirmative , and he informed me that it was customary for the boss to " stand something " when he first came on the ground . Moved by my sympathies , I stood a dollar apiece , explaining that it must not be wasted in ...
... answered in the affirmative , and he informed me that it was customary for the boss to " stand something " when he first came on the ground . Moved by my sympathies , I stood a dollar apiece , explaining that it must not be wasted in ...
Page 68
... answer , however , for on the seventh of every month , at the hour of eleven , a ghostly figure slips out of the front door , whether it is locked or not , and with a scream falls from the piazza ; a male figure suddenly appears rent ...
... answer , however , for on the seventh of every month , at the hour of eleven , a ghostly figure slips out of the front door , whether it is locked or not , and with a scream falls from the piazza ; a male figure suddenly appears rent ...
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... answered " that they guessed they had . " It is enough to say that , after smashing every thing to pieces , tearing the body of the wagon from the wheels , toss- ing out what was movable , and ruining his harness , ' Dandy Jim became ...
... answered " that they guessed they had . " It is enough to say that , after smashing every thing to pieces , tearing the body of the wagon from the wheels , toss- ing out what was movable , and ruining his harness , ' Dandy Jim became ...
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