The New England Magazine, Volume 3New England Magazine Company, 1891 |
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... hand to the town . The farmer's expense is lessened and his power of production increased , perhaps twofold , by using the mower , reaper , thresher , hay- tedder , sulky - plough , and grain - drill . Is the farm - hand he sends to ...
... hand to the town . The farmer's expense is lessened and his power of production increased , perhaps twofold , by using the mower , reaper , thresher , hay- tedder , sulky - plough , and grain - drill . Is the farm - hand he sends to ...
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... hands , while manufactures gained 6 in 100. Taking these two classes apart from the others , however , we have a ... hand . In the first instance , land is worth $ 38.65 , in the second , $ 5.18 per acre . Yet in the manufacturing ...
... hands , while manufactures gained 6 in 100. Taking these two classes apart from the others , however , we have a ... hand . In the first instance , land is worth $ 38.65 , in the second , $ 5.18 per acre . Yet in the manufacturing ...
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... hands - whole counties , duchies and principalities — are held to aggrandize private individuals , titles of rank add a ... hand . He is in a small minority of all the farmers . Many western farmers are as rich , some of them much richer ...
... hands - whole counties , duchies and principalities — are held to aggrandize private individuals , titles of rank add a ... hand . He is in a small minority of all the farmers . Many western farmers are as rich , some of them much richer ...
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... Canada ; and an intellectual revolution , which will mark an epoch in our literary history , is already at hand . As is usual in the initial stages of every literature , there are more poets and. 22 SOME CANADIAN WRITERS OF TO - DAY .
... Canada ; and an intellectual revolution , which will mark an epoch in our literary history , is already at hand . As is usual in the initial stages of every literature , there are more poets and. 22 SOME CANADIAN WRITERS OF TO - DAY .
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... hand at journalism , and makes a charming travel- ling companion , being gifted with a vivid imagination and keen , but unobtrusive , ob- servation . Mrs. S. Frances Harrison has written some exceedingly clever sketches , full of a ...
... hand at journalism , and makes a charming travel- ling companion , being gifted with a vivid imagination and keen , but unobtrusive , ob- servation . Mrs. S. Frances Harrison has written some exceedingly clever sketches , full of a ...
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Page 142 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.