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 36
... certainly was a model animal . My presentiments of success were not mistaken , and I felt almost like claiming , with the modest author of " Ten Acres Enough , " that my impressions were never wrong . IF CHAPTER II . A HOUSE , PLANS ...
... certainly was a model animal . My presentiments of success were not mistaken , and I felt almost like claiming , with the modest author of " Ten Acres Enough , " that my impressions were never wrong . IF CHAPTER II . A HOUSE , PLANS ...
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... certainly a magnificent race , especially when their biographer does not happen to own a house which has strayed on their land , and does want to run for alderman ; and if they did not lie , steal , cheat , rob , murder , get drunk ...
... certainly a magnificent race , especially when their biographer does not happen to own a house which has strayed on their land , and does want to run for alderman ; and if they did not lie , steal , cheat , rob , murder , get drunk ...
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... certainly satisfactory information , and I had to regret that the necessity of repairing this ad- mirable road compelled its intelligent and exempla- ry managers to reduce the number of trains consid- erably the very day I commenced ...
... certainly satisfactory information , and I had to regret that the necessity of repairing this ad- mirable road compelled its intelligent and exempla- ry managers to reduce the number of trains consid- erably the very day I commenced ...
Página 80
... certainly never willingly inconven- ience or unnecessarily crowd their passengers ; and the dépôt is not skillfully constructed . Alongside the platform was the track of the Long Island road , beyond it a narrow strip of two or three ...
... certainly never willingly inconven- ience or unnecessarily crowd their passengers ; and the dépôt is not skillfully constructed . Alongside the platform was the track of the Long Island road , beyond it a narrow strip of two or three ...
Página 86
... 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 .
... 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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