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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... completed my modifications , gave them to a draughtsman , to be expressed in builders ' signs and particularized with specifications . This event suggested the following beautiful sentiment : It often happens that , while we are roaming ...
... completed my modifications , gave them to a draughtsman , to be expressed in builders ' signs and particularized with specifications . This event suggested the following beautiful sentiment : It often happens that , while we are roaming ...
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... completed such house before the first day of July , he was to receive a further sum of ten dollars a day for each day that the same should be so fin- ished and completed before the said last mentioned , to wit , the first day of July ...
... completed such house before the first day of July , he was to receive a further sum of ten dollars a day for each day that the same should be so fin- ished and completed before the said last mentioned , to wit , the first day of July ...
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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 .
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... completed alone . A cellar is a delightful part of a house , it is so cool in summer and warm in winter ; it is such a nice place to store " things , " as the housewiyes call them ; but to have all cellar and no house is carry- ing the ...
... completed alone . A cellar is a delightful part of a house , it is so cool in summer and warm in winter ; it is such a nice place to store " things , " as the housewiyes call them ; but to have all cellar and no house is carry- ing the ...
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... completion . The walls , it is true , arose like mushrooms - those de- licious vegetables , which I must pause to compliment -in a night ; the roof climbed into place , partitions * grew and floors were laid , windows crept into their ...
... completion . The walls , it is true , arose like mushrooms - those de- licious vegetables , which I must pause to compliment -in a night ; the roof climbed into place , partitions * grew and floors were laid , windows crept into their ...
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