The Correspondence of the Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart: With Reminiscences of the Most Distinguished Characters who Have Appeared in Great Britain, and in Foreign Countries, During the Last Fifty Years. Illustrated by Facsimiles of Two Hundred Autographs ...H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831 - Agriculturists |
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... whole is food ; and that country must be the happiest , where that sine qua non can be most easily obtained . The surest means of securing abundance of food , however , is by ascertaining the best mode of raising it , and rousing a ...
... whole is food ; and that country must be the happiest , where that sine qua non can be most easily obtained . The surest means of securing abundance of food , however , is by ascertaining the best mode of raising it , and rousing a ...
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... whole . With very great esteem and respect , I have the honour to be , Sir , your most obedient and obliged humble servant , Go . WASHINGTON . It is a singular circumstance , that a person in such an ex- alted situation as General ...
... whole . With very great esteem and respect , I have the honour to be , Sir , your most obedient and obliged humble servant , Go . WASHINGTON . It is a singular circumstance , that a person in such an ex- alted situation as General ...
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... whole collection ; but as they are numerous , and some of them long , I shall print them in a smaller type , as this work is limited , and as such a number of interesting communications from the most distinguished characters on the ...
... whole collection ; but as they are numerous , and some of them long , I shall print them in a smaller type , as this work is limited , and as such a number of interesting communications from the most distinguished characters on the ...
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... whole are received , I will promote , as far as in me lays , the reprinting of them here . I know of no pursuit in which more real and important service can be rendered to any country , than by improving its agriculture , its breed of ...
... whole are received , I will promote , as far as in me lays , the reprinting of them here . I know of no pursuit in which more real and important service can be rendered to any country , than by improving its agriculture , its breed of ...
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... whole , belong mediocrity in quantity , whilst the grain is fine . This also , that is the shortness of the crop , will assist in reducing the price of lands still lower . An eight years ' absence from home , ( except occasional short ...
... whole , belong mediocrity in quantity , whilst the grain is fine . This also , that is the shortness of the crop , will assist in reducing the price of lands still lower . An eight years ' absence from home , ( except occasional short ...
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