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... persons , as I had hoped , that because I was born in London I must know every thing ; and that , because he had never till then been in London , he could know nothing . Before Philip had been with us three days , I found that I liked ...
... persons , as I had hoped , that because I was born in London I must know every thing ; and that , because he had never till then been in London , he could know nothing . Before Philip had been with us three days , I found that I liked ...
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... Persons brought up in cities are too apt to think that grass and corn , beef and mutton , grow as matters of course ; and that the countryman has nothing to do but to cut and eat . I hope to be able , before I have done , to shew my ...
... Persons brought up in cities are too apt to think that grass and corn , beef and mutton , grow as matters of course ; and that the countryman has nothing to do but to cut and eat . I hope to be able , before I have done , to shew my ...
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... persons can despise . Ploughing is often repeated , in various ways , before the land is sufficiently stirred and broken to make a good tilth . For this pur- pose , the field is sometimes crossed and re- crossed in different directions ...
... persons can despise . Ploughing is often repeated , in various ways , before the land is sufficiently stirred and broken to make a good tilth . For this pur- pose , the field is sometimes crossed and re- crossed in different directions ...
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... person , it may not signify on which side the embankment is made . But if it is to be a par- tition between my estate and my neighbour's , I must not , of course , intrude upon his ground at all , either for hedge or ditch . The boun ...
... person , it may not signify on which side the embankment is made . But if it is to be a par- tition between my estate and my neighbour's , I must not , of course , intrude upon his ground at all , either for hedge or ditch . The boun ...
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... Persons are apt to think that the hedge and bank form the boundary line between estates ; but this is a mistake . The side , or top edge , of the ditch furthest from the bank , must be the division of the property . Good workmanship is ...
... Persons are apt to think that the hedge and bank form the boundary line between estates ; but this is a mistake . The side , or top edge , of the ditch furthest from the bank , must be the division of the property . Good workmanship is ...
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୪ ୪ ୪ Abbot's ancient animals Author balusters barley barn better Brook Field bundles called caraway cattle chiefly Children cloth clover coloured common COMMON WHEAT CORIANDER corn crop cultivated earth Edition employed England farm farmer feet Field FIORIN flax flowers fork Frontispiece Gablesides grain granary grass ground half-bound hand harvest hedge and ditch hemp hide HISTORY hops horses hundred acres Illustrations inclosures ISAAC TAYLOR John Harris kind labour land London machine machine presses manure ment milk mole-catcher morocco nature nearly oats pasture perennial plant performed persons Philip plant plough Price principal produce purpose quantity require roots scarcely season seed sheep shew shining season side soil sometimes sort sown stack stalks STORIES straw teasels things threshing tillage tion Upshire usually vegetable weather wheat whilst WHITE CLOVER winter wood yard young
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