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 55
... half the people as posse comitatus , accompanied by all the dogs in the vil- lage ; and the crowd , yelling , screaming , and fighting , rushed over the watchman's kennel at midnight , wak- ing him out of sleep , he could stand it no ...
... half the people as posse comitatus , accompanied by all the dogs in the vil- lage ; and the crowd , yelling , screaming , and fighting , rushed over the watchman's kennel at midnight , wak- ing him out of sleep , he could stand it no ...
Page 62
... half a dozen feet ahead of you ; try to drive him , and measure his obstinacy even by that of your wife ; endeavor to lead him , and make up your mind to have a " good time . ” Our pig united many pleasant qualities and points of ...
... half a dozen feet ahead of you ; try to drive him , and measure his obstinacy even by that of your wife ; endeavor to lead him , and make up your mind to have a " good time . ” Our pig united many pleasant qualities and points of ...
Page 78
... half hour on the ferry - boat , and almost twenty minutes in the cars , just a delightful variety and absolute safety . Why , they have never killed a passenger since the track was laid . " This was certainly satisfactory information ...
... half hour on the ferry - boat , and almost twenty minutes in the cars , just a delightful variety and absolute safety . Why , they have never killed a passenger since the track was laid . " This was certainly satisfactory information ...
Page 82
... 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 went by , then another , and ...
... 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 went by , then another , and ...
Page 86
... half a foot . As the ordinary price was about a dollar , it was certainly honest of him to explain beforehand the necessities of his situation ; and although it was inconvenient that the villagers should have 86 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... half a foot . As the ordinary price was about a dollar , it was certainly honest of him to explain beforehand the necessities of his situation ; and although it was inconvenient that the villagers should have 86 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
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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,