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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... leaves , its lovely flowers , its waving grass , its early vegetables , and its luscious fruits , is most at- tractive ; and where a residence can be obtained which combines all these luxuries with pure air , and no chills and fever ...
... leaves , its lovely flowers , its waving grass , its early vegetables , and its luscious fruits , is most at- tractive ; and where a residence can be obtained which combines all these luxuries with pure air , and no chills and fever ...
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... leaves . The soil was deep , a well having been sunk on the adjoining property without descending beyond it , or reaching any water worth speaking of ; and the exposure was as sunny as could be desired - there being only six trees , and ...
... leaves . The soil was deep , a well having been sunk on the adjoining property without descending beyond it , or reaching any water worth speaking of ; and the exposure was as sunny as could be desired - there being only six trees , and ...
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... leaves he thought he heard a cry of distress , and , at last be- coming uneasy , determined to visit his dulcinea's win- dow , and ask her how she did . Tying his horses , he crept quietly along the shady side of the hedge , which was ...
... leaves he thought he heard a cry of distress , and , at last be- coming uneasy , determined to visit his dulcinea's win- dow , and ask her how she did . Tying his horses , he crept quietly along the shady side of the hedge , which was ...
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... leaves were pretty and graceful , but their roots never would come to any thing worth mentioning . It is deeply to be re- gretted that Nature has so constituted plants and weeds respectively , that the former won't grow and the latter ...
... leaves were pretty and graceful , but their roots never would come to any thing worth mentioning . It is deeply to be re- gretted that Nature has so constituted plants and weeds respectively , that the former won't grow and the latter ...
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... leaves , in spite of the great care bestowed upon them , seemed to be feeble ; their thin , pale stalks were hardly able to support their weight ; the slightest rain threatened to wash them away , and a few hours of sunlight to scorch ...
... leaves , in spite of the great care bestowed upon them , seemed to be feeble ; their thin , pale stalks were hardly able to support their weight ; the slightest rain threatened to wash them away , and a few hours of sunlight to scorch ...
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