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 87
... the many poetical things which have been said in its honor ; but the days of oaken buckets are numbered ; they have been succeeded by force - pumps , and chain- pumps , and iron pumps , that save the muscles A WELL . 87.
... the many poetical things which have been said in its honor ; but the days of oaken buckets are numbered ; they have been succeeded by force - pumps , and chain- pumps , and iron pumps , that save the muscles A WELL . 87.
Page 134
... honor pulls down the barn . The old spalpeen has settled herself right under the middle of the flure , and meself spied her out through the cracks . " Sure enough , there she was . Utterly regardless of all the attractive boxes and ...
... honor pulls down the barn . The old spalpeen has settled herself right under the middle of the flure , and meself spied her out through the cracks . " Sure enough , there she was . Utterly regardless of all the attractive boxes and ...
Page 224
... burst forth with the astonished inquiry , " Sure yer honor does not want me to churn that little speck ov crame in this big tub . It would get lost intirely . " " But , Patrick , " I replied , " 224 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... burst forth with the astonished inquiry , " Sure yer honor does not want me to churn that little speck ov crame in this big tub . It would get lost intirely . " " But , Patrick , " I replied , " 224 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
Page 226
... honor , let me make a nate little churn out ov a ginger - pot there is in the cellar , with the lid ov a salt - box for dasher , and the piece ov a broom for handle . That will be the doin ' ov it . ” " Just as you please , Patrick ...
... honor , let me make a nate little churn out ov a ginger - pot there is in the cellar , with the lid ov a salt - box for dasher , and the piece ov a broom for handle . That will be the doin ' ov it . ” " Just as you please , Patrick ...
Page 229
... honors of authorship ; there is no justification for his assuming the place of instructor when he was merely a self - seeker . His book , then , is simply an advertisement . " " Call it what you please , but do not get excited . Borrow ...
... honors of authorship ; there is no justification for his assuming the place of instructor when he was merely a self - seeker . His book , then , is simply an advertisement . " " Call it what you please , but do not get excited . Borrow ...
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Page i - 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. By ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT, Author of "Game Fish of North America," "Superior Fishing," "Game Birds,