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 44
... took the next largest island , which from that day has been called Nantookit , or Nan- tucket , the graceful Anna being vulgarized into the familiar Nan . Naomi's land has since been convert- ed into Nomansland ; and well it might , for ...
... took the next largest island , which from that day has been called Nantookit , or Nan- tucket , the graceful Anna being vulgarized into the familiar Nan . Naomi's land has since been convert- ed into Nomansland ; and well it might , for ...
Page 48
... took the matter up , and had an editorial every week on the progress of the house . So the reader can im- agine what was the effect when the Flushingites learned that a stranger was about bringing a house from Nantucket . The Gazette ...
... took the matter up , and had an editorial every week on the progress of the house . So the reader can im- agine what was the effect when the Flushingites learned that a stranger was about bringing a house from Nantucket . The Gazette ...
Page 50
... took down my law - books , and prepared a rod for 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 ...
... took down my law - books , and prepared a rod for 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 ...
Page 57
... took on the semblance of a house . To be sure , it was rickety and open as yet : one man fell be- tween the timbers , another out of a window , and a third from the roof - but that did not hurt the house . Two Irishmen were one day at ...
... took on the semblance of a house . To be sure , it was rickety and open as yet : one man fell be- tween the timbers , another out of a window , and a third from the roof - but that did not hurt the house . Two Irishmen were one day at ...
Page 69
... took the reins , and dashed in grand style along the entrance to the door . Leaving the coachman at the animal's head , I walked to the pig - pen , which was in the rear of the house , and there was soon en- grossed in admiring the ...
... took the reins , and dashed in grand style along the entrance to the door . Leaving the coachman at the animal's head , I walked to the pig - pen , which was in the rear of the house , and there was soon en- grossed in admiring the ...
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