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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Página xiv
... better if some of these things had been done to my hand , and that possibly I was not exactly the man to do them in the best way ; but a second perusal of " Ten Acres Enough " was enough for me , and these absurd doubts were banished ...
... better if some of these things had been done to my hand , and that possibly I was not exactly the man to do them in the best way ; but a second perusal of " Ten Acres Enough " was enough for me , and these absurd doubts were banished ...
Página xv
... rooms , lettuce — every thing , in fact , that a gentleman eats when he can get it , and nothing that he eschews when he can do no better . The residue of the farm was to be partly orchard and partly market garden , INTRODUCTION . XV.
... rooms , lettuce — every thing , in fact , that a gentleman eats when he can get it , and nothing that he eschews when he can do no better . The residue of the farm was to be partly orchard and partly market garden , INTRODUCTION . XV.
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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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... foun- dation was rapidly completed by a resident mason ; but neither he nor the house reappeared . Weeks went by ; the prophecies of the incredulous were be- ing confirmed ; those who had " known better " 48 FIVE IVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... foun- dation was rapidly completed by a resident mason ; but neither he nor the house reappeared . Weeks went by ; the prophecies of the incredulous were be- ing confirmed ; those who had " known better " 48 FIVE IVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
Página 49
... better " all along were in high spirits ; the evidence was alto- gether against the success of the new enterprise , and were among the most favorable . It was rumored that contractor , house , and all had gone down in a storm on the ...
... better " all along were in high spirits ; the evidence was alto- gether against the success of the new enterprise , and were among the most favorable . It was rumored that contractor , house , and all had gone down in a storm on the ...
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