The Early Dawn: Or, Stories to Think About. By a Country Clergyman |
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... labor there has been , Willy , before you could get a loaf ! " But we wont talk of the loaf just now . Let us look at the trouble it has given before Harriet could get the sugar to make the jam ; shall we ? In “ There are many things ...
... labor there has been , Willy , before you could get a loaf ! " But we wont talk of the loaf just now . Let us look at the trouble it has given before Harriet could get the sugar to make the jam ; shall we ? In “ There are many things ...
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... labor- or , as you and I should say , the trouble - of planting it is also very great . When a piece of land is first set apart for the cane , it is cut into large square holes , about four feet apart , with heavy hoes . These , at the ...
... labor- or , as you and I should say , the trouble - of planting it is also very great . When a piece of land is first set apart for the cane , it is cut into large square holes , about four feet apart , with heavy hoes . These , at the ...
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... labor . No sooner are the canes brought from the field , than they are put into the mill . The juice runs out freely , and in great quantities ; but not a moment is to be lost . Other men have lighted fires with the crushed canes ...
... labor . No sooner are the canes brought from the field , than they are put into the mill . The juice runs out freely , and in great quantities ; but not a moment is to be lost . Other men have lighted fires with the crushed canes ...
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... labor . Trees have to be felled , and squared , and drawn down to the timber - yard , and sawn into thin planks by the carpenter , and made up into casks by the cooper , before we can stow away our sugar in them . But we will fancy all ...
... labor . Trees have to be felled , and squared , and drawn down to the timber - yard , and sawn into thin planks by the carpenter , and made up into casks by the cooper , before we can stow away our sugar in them . But we will fancy all ...
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... labor it was to cut down these trees in the forest , and haul and prepare them for the ship's carpenters in the dockyard . And then try and think of the men , by dozens , cutting , shaping , chopping , planing , fitting , month after ...
... labor it was to cut down these trees in the forest , and haul and prepare them for the ship's carpenters in the dockyard . And then try and think of the men , by dozens , cutting , shaping , chopping , planing , fitting , month after ...
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