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Side 34
... thousand litres of milk in the year on an average they yield three thousand . And these ani- mals are to be found everywhere , both in Scotland and England . A cow which does not give milk may be considered the exception in that country ...
... thousand litres of milk in the year on an average they yield three thousand . And these ani- mals are to be found everywhere , both in Scotland and England . A cow which does not give milk may be considered the exception in that country ...
Side 35
... thousand litres for each cow . The produc- tion of France is probably at most two milliards , or at the rate of five hundred litres per head , of which at least one - half is consumed by the calves . Thus , while the French have only ...
... thousand litres for each cow . The produc- tion of France is probably at most two milliards , or at the rate of five hundred litres per head , of which at least one - half is consumed by the calves . Thus , while the French have only ...
Side 57
... thousands of hectares , and is little known except in our mountain- ous provinces , is reckoned in England the surest indica- tion , the most active agent , of agricultural progress . Wherever it is introduced and thrives , fertility ...
... thousands of hectares , and is little known except in our mountain- ous provinces , is reckoned in England the surest indica- tion , the most active agent , of agricultural progress . Wherever it is introduced and thrives , fertility ...
Side 60
... thousands of workmen , and every year execute orders to the value of millions of francs . These machines economise labour to a wonderful extent , and supply the place of a large number of hands . All these operations and expenses ...
... thousands of workmen , and every year execute orders to the value of millions of francs . These machines economise labour to a wonderful extent , and supply the place of a large number of hands . All these operations and expenses ...
Side 95
... thousand resi- dences of this description scattered over the verdant surface of the British Isles . Notwithstanding the strong desire in England for the possession of land , which gives a man the title of land- lord at once , its value ...
... thousand resi- dences of this description scattered over the verdant surface of the British Isles . Notwithstanding the strong desire in England for the possession of land , which gives a man the title of land- lord at once , its value ...
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acres agriculture agriculturists amount animals Arthur Young average Bakewell barley breed British British Isles capital cattle cause cent cereals CHAPTER corn cows crops cultivation Dishley districts divided Duke Edition England proper equal expense extent farmers fattening favourable Fcap FELICIA HEMANS fertile fifty five Foolscap 8vo forest francs per hectare French gardens give grass greater hectolitres Highlands horses immense improved increase Ireland Irish island KEITH JOHNSTON kind labour Lancashire land large farming large property leases least less Lord Lowlands manufactures manure means meat milk millions of hectares mountains natural nearly neighbours oats owing pasture population portion possess present produce profit proprietors prosperity quantity race reckoned rent revolution rural economy scarcely Scotch Scotland sheep SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON superior Sutherlandshire Sutton Waldron tenant thousand acres tion towns turnips United Kingdom vegetable vols wages wealth wheat whole wool
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Side 13 - OF ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE, From the Fall of Napoleon to the Accession of Louis Napoleon.
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Side 211 - Thy streams unfailing in the summer's drought: Unmatch'd thy guardian oaks ; thy valleys float With golden waves ; and on thy mountains flocks Bleat numberless ; while roving round their sides, Bellow the blackening herds in lusty droves.
Side 7 - PAUL. Analysis and Critical Interpretation of the Hebrew Text of the Book of Genesis. Preceded by a Hebrew Grammar, and Dissertations on the Genuineness of the Pentateuch, and on the Structure of the Hebrew Language.
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Side 398 - Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers" — a volume of verse which shows that Scotland has yet a poet. Full of the true fire, it now stirs and swells like a trumpet-note — now sinks in cadences sad and wild as the wail of a Highland dirge.— Quarterly Review.
Side 398 - Humour of a kind most rare at all times, and especially in the present day. runs through every page, and passages of true poetry and delicious versification prevent the continual play of sarcasm from becoming tedious."— Literary Gasette.
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