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... To shew , therefore , my good behaviour , when Philip , arrived , I scarcely spoke to him , but withdrew as soon as I could , and pouted to myself . My mother at length came to me ; We - " Frederick , " she said , " INTRODUCTION . 3.
... To shew , therefore , my good behaviour , when Philip , arrived , I scarcely spoke to him , but withdrew as soon as I could , and pouted to myself . My mother at length came to me ; We - " Frederick , " she said , " INTRODUCTION . 3.
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... scarcely bigger than shreds of cucumber . After a good hour's amusement at my knife and fork , I drew back . " Well , now can ye tell me what ye think of yourself ? " asked my grandmother . I replied in a most satisfactory manner . " It ...
... scarcely bigger than shreds of cucumber . After a good hour's amusement at my knife and fork , I drew back . " Well , now can ye tell me what ye think of yourself ? " asked my grandmother . I replied in a most satisfactory manner . " It ...
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... for our head man and his family ; though this scarcely stands in the yard . There is a railed partition , forming , with the hedges , an inclosure , called the rick- yard [ into which , I am happy to say FARMING BUILDINGS . 15.
... for our head man and his family ; though this scarcely stands in the yard . There is a railed partition , forming , with the hedges , an inclosure , called the rick- yard [ into which , I am happy to say FARMING BUILDINGS . 15.
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... necessities are unsupplied . In Eng- land , certainly , fruitful as it now is by the effects of human labour , we could scarcely exist a year on the mere donations of the soil and of the skies . It is as true , TILLAGE . 27.
... necessities are unsupplied . In Eng- land , certainly , fruitful as it now is by the effects of human labour , we could scarcely exist a year on the mere donations of the soil and of the skies . It is as true , TILLAGE . 27.
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... scarcely ever knew a farmer who at- tempted all in one season . WHEAT . Of all grain , this is the first in importance and value , at least to the civilized world . There are several sorts ; but I do not see that I have room and ...
... scarcely ever knew a farmer who at- tempted all in one season . WHEAT . Of all grain , this is the first in importance and value , at least to the civilized world . There are several sorts ; but I do not see that I have room and ...
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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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