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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... clothes , as he supposed , beyond the steps ; he turned to look ; and there , lying upon her back , staring up to heaven with lack - lustre , wide- open eyes , the crimson stains upon her white fore- head telling her fate , stiff , and ...
... clothes , as he supposed , beyond the steps ; he turned to look ; and there , lying upon her back , staring up to heaven with lack - lustre , wide- open eyes , the crimson stains upon her white fore- head telling her fate , stiff , and ...
Page 74
... clothes were seriously damaged , my body proved , on careful examination , to be unhurt , and my mental nature only badly scared . I concluded to sell that family horse . My prejudices and impressions were in this instance , as in all ...
... clothes were seriously damaged , my body proved , on careful examination , to be unhurt , and my mental nature only badly scared . I concluded to sell that family horse . My prejudices and impressions were in this instance , as in all ...
Page 75
... clothes clean ; his skin bestrides his competitor -- and then , upon the classic rule of a part standing for the whole , he is in his right place ; his petitoes are the delight of connoisseurs ; his en- MORE LIVE - STOCK . 75 ons; a pig ...
... clothes clean ; his skin bestrides his competitor -- and then , upon the classic rule of a part standing for the whole , he is in his right place ; his petitoes are the delight of connoisseurs ; his en- MORE LIVE - STOCK . 75 ons; a pig ...
Page 110
... clothing of bright green , and their 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 ...
... clothing of bright green , and their 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 ...
Page 113
... clothes were damp with perspiration before I had finished . The next figure , which was a star , was not so easy ; and when it came to the worms , and the bays , and promonto- ries , there bid fair to be far too little monotony . In ...
... clothes were damp with perspiration before I had finished . The next figure , which was a star , was not so easy ; and when it came to the worms , and the bays , and promonto- ries , there bid fair to be far too little monotony . In ...
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