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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... soon visions of the accomplished fact engrossed my mind . I should have a neat , modest , small , but cosy little house ; square , for economy's sake , but surrounded on all sides by a deep piazza ; the garden should be filled with ...
... soon visions of the accomplished fact engrossed my mind . I should have a neat , modest , small , but cosy little house ; square , for economy's sake , but surrounded on all sides by a deep piazza ; the garden should be filled with ...
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... soon began to di- minish , until , after six weeks , the arrangement with our neighbor had to be discontinued . This reduced the profit , although Cushy still gave more than an abundance for our family , and there would have been a loss ...
... soon began to di- minish , until , after six weeks , the arrangement with our neighbor had to be discontinued . This reduced the profit , although Cushy still gave more than an abundance for our family , and there would have been a loss ...
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... soon speak louder , and at last would demand food in the most peremptory tone of stentorian bovine lungs . She invariably had her de- sires gratified , and thus was this interesting evidence of intelligence greatly developed . She had ...
... soon speak louder , and at last would demand food in the most peremptory tone of stentorian bovine lungs . She invariably had her de- sires gratified , and thus was this interesting evidence of intelligence greatly developed . She had ...
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... soon made out in gorgeous style ; there was a beautiful picture of what the house would look like , with an amount of finish and moulding that did the draughtsman great credit , showing the inside and outside , sections and ground plans ...
... soon made out in gorgeous style ; there was a beautiful picture of what the house would look like , with an amount of finish and moulding that did the draughtsman great credit , showing the inside and outside , sections and ground plans ...
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... those provisions which , I think , do not disgrace my profession , and which of themselves are more than worth , to the reader , the cost of this book . The contractor soon sent me a rough diagram of the 46 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... those provisions which , I think , do not disgrace my profession , and which of themselves are more than worth , to the reader , the cost of this book . The contractor soon sent me a rough diagram of the 46 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
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