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 74
... equally intense wish to kick me with his heels when- ever I passed by his flanks . These idiosyncracies prevented my visiting the stable frequently , while our out - door acquaintance he had made short , and not sweet . Fortunately , he ...
... equally intense wish to kick me with his heels when- ever I passed by his flanks . These idiosyncracies prevented my visiting the stable frequently , while our out - door acquaintance he had made short , and not sweet . Fortunately , he ...
Page 145
... so " pit " seemed equally out of the question . Not seeing any better way out of the dilemma , and the necessity to proceed being pressing , I put a bold G face upon the matter , and , in an indifferent } 145 FALL WORK .
... so " pit " seemed equally out of the question . Not seeing any better way out of the dilemma , and the necessity to proceed being pressing , I put a bold G face upon the matter , and , in an indifferent } 145 FALL WORK .
Page 155
... equally strik- ing . No late hours or evening dissipations at Flush- ing - no demoralizing club - life - no theatrical enter- tainments — no political meetings . Occasionally , per- haps , some exponent of the water - cure theory , some ...
... equally strik- ing . No late hours or evening dissipations at Flush- ing - no demoralizing club - life - no theatrical enter- tainments — no political meetings . Occasionally , per- haps , some exponent of the water - cure theory , some ...
Page 160
... equally eligible locality , if any locality as eligible as that delightful and fashionable village can be found — a point about which , until my lots are sold , I shall con- tinue to have very great doubts . 66 CHAPTER XI . THE FLUSHING ...
... equally eligible locality , if any locality as eligible as that delightful and fashionable village can be found — a point about which , until my lots are sold , I shall con- tinue to have very great doubts . 66 CHAPTER XI . THE FLUSHING ...
Page 168
... equally to high art and un- skilled blundering . The ice - shaving machines , the snow - sweepers and the like , are confined to the met- ropolitan limits ; and , although there is plenty of ice in the country , it is often hard to get ...
... equally to high art and un- skilled blundering . The ice - shaving machines , the snow - sweepers and the like , are confined to the met- ropolitan limits ; and , although there is plenty of ice in the country , it is often hard to get ...
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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,