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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... taken a hand in politics , at- tended caucuses and Conventions , and helped to " run the machine ; ” who has a philanthropic turn of mind , and gone on committees and made public collec- tions ; and who , moreover , has abundant means ...
... taken a hand in politics , at- tended caucuses and Conventions , and helped to " run the machine ; ” who has a philanthropic turn of mind , and gone on committees and made public collec- tions ; and who , moreover , has abundant means ...
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... taken when a good one offered . Moreover , I have a weakness for cows : it is a purely theoretical interest , for my knowledge is less than moderate , not even extending to the mode of milking them ; but their big eyes , and gentle ...
... taken when a good one offered . Moreover , I have a weakness for cows : it is a purely theoretical interest , for my knowledge is less than moderate , not even extending to the mode of milking them ; but their big eyes , and gentle ...
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... taken up all the room , for I would as lief any time face death as a strange woman with a hoop - skirt . Besides , by so doing I have a monopoly of this bench myself , and , if I am to be killed , have it done out of hand and without ...
... taken up all the room , for I would as lief any time face death as a strange woman with a hoop - skirt . Besides , by so doing I have a monopoly of this bench myself , and , if I am to be killed , have it done out of hand and without ...
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... taken away from us . There sat half a dozen men who would have given from five to fifty dollars each to have had sixty minutes less of life , whereas the wretch on the scaffold would give five thousand for sixty minutes more . The hour ...
... taken away from us . There sat half a dozen men who would have given from five to fifty dollars each to have had sixty minutes less of life , whereas the wretch on the scaffold would give five thousand for sixty minutes more . The hour ...
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... taken off without notice , connections are not made , and the time of passengers is wasted ; but they seem to for- get that they need not go by rail . If they do not wish to ride , they can always walk ; the choice is open to them , and ...
... taken off without notice , connections are not made , and the time of passengers is wasted ; but they seem to for- get that they need not go by rail . If they do not wish to ride , they can always walk ; the choice is open to them , and ...
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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,