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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... my knowledge is less than moderate , not even extending to the mode of milking them ; but their big eyes , and gentle manners , and unnecessary horns , and split feet , have always filled my heart with love and FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH. ...
... my knowledge is less than moderate , not even extending to the mode of milking them ; but their big eyes , and gentle manners , and unnecessary horns , and split feet , have always filled my heart with love and FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH. ...
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... eyes , and devoured it with- out once pausing , and then did the like with a re- plenished dish . My opinion of the intelligence of cows and Biddies was elevated , and I concluded cow- feeding was not my specialty . With those two feeds ...
... eyes , and devoured it with- out once pausing , and then did the like with a re- plenished dish . My opinion of the intelligence of cows and Biddies was elevated , and I concluded cow- feeding was not my specialty . With those two feeds ...
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... Mr. Barney . There was the clear right to land at a public dock ; there was the clear wrong of detaining property be- longing to another . Damages began to loom up be- fore my eyes , and a very pretty case as 50 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... Mr. Barney . There was the clear right to land at a public dock ; there was the clear wrong of detaining property be- longing to another . Damages began to loom up be- fore my eyes , and a very pretty case as 50 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
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... eyes , and a very pretty case as introduction to a lucrative legal practice in the place of my new- ly - intended residence . Vistas of writs , and suits , and appeals , and new trials , rose in my mind in grace- ful array , and I ...
... eyes , and a very pretty case as introduction to a lucrative legal practice in the place of my new- ly - intended residence . Vistas of writs , and suits , and appeals , and new trials , rose in my mind in grace- ful array , and I ...
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... eyes , a horse is extremely useful ; for as- sociation in contemplative moments and suggestive- ness of comfortable ideas , a pig is very pleasant ; for the higher enjoyments of life , for the sports of the field and wood , the dog ...
... eyes , a horse is extremely useful ; for as- sociation in contemplative moments and suggestive- ness of comfortable ideas , a pig is very pleasant ; for the higher enjoyments of life , for the sports of the field and wood , the dog ...
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