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 ...Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1869 - 304 páginas |
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... became excited , and prepared for action , and the cow looked wild and threatening as they closed in around her . Her owner , who was leading her with a cord , called out " soo - so - o - o " in a deprecatory manner , that evidently ...
... became excited , and prepared for action , and the cow looked wild and threatening as they closed in around her . Her owner , who was leading her with a cord , called out " soo - so - o - o " in a deprecatory manner , that evidently ...
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... , and kept on increasing her complaints daily until they became unendurable . Neighbors put their heads out of windows , evidently meditating dire re- solves unless " something were done , and that short- 26 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... , and kept on increasing her complaints daily until they became unendurable . Neighbors put their heads out of windows , evidently meditating dire re- solves unless " something were done , and that short- 26 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
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... became a serious question whether she would ever again pass out of the doors that it was at first doubtful whether she would enter . Her stomach was of goodly size when she came , and I did not wonder that it occu- pied so much of her ...
... became a serious question whether she would ever again pass out of the doors that it was at first doubtful whether she would enter . Her stomach was of goodly size when she came , and I did not wonder that it occu- pied so much of her ...
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... became necessary to cast about for some other means of accomplishing the object . Over against the eastern end of that barren and crooked point of land known as Cape Cod , which , projecting into the ocean , considers the object of its ...
... became necessary to cast about for some other means of accomplishing the object . Over against the eastern end of that barren and crooked point of land known as Cape Cod , which , projecting into the ocean , considers the object of its ...
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... , when water and grass became scarce , struck their tents and struck out for better quarters , they pulled down every man his house - and not only . that , but every woman her house - and HOUSE , PLANS , AND SPECIFICATIONS . 45.
... , when water and grass became scarce , struck their tents and struck out for better quarters , they pulled down every man his house - and not only . that , but every woman her house - and HOUSE , PLANS , AND SPECIFICATIONS . 45.
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