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... half a mile distance , all is as still and quiet as if there was not a town within a hundred miles . There is no movement on the roads , no hurry or bustle of business . The great commercial capital of the merchants of Hamburgh gives no ...
... half a mile distance , all is as still and quiet as if there was not a town within a hundred miles . There is no movement on the roads , no hurry or bustle of business . The great commercial capital of the merchants of Hamburgh gives no ...
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... half an English mile in length , or above 1460 yards . I found a comfortable little country inn at this place , and proceeded next day to Holmestrand , a small town very romantically situated at the foot of a remarkable cliff of ...
... half an English mile in length , or above 1460 yards . I found a comfortable little country inn at this place , and proceeded next day to Holmestrand , a small town very romantically situated at the foot of a remarkable cliff of ...
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... half of this month ; and until grass had grown , and roads become dry , travelling was scarcely prac- ticable . The season for tillage and sowing is so short in this climate , that horses cannot be spared from field labour , and the ...
... half of this month ; and until grass had grown , and roads become dry , travelling was scarcely prac- ticable . The season for tillage and sowing is so short in this climate , that horses cannot be spared from field labour , and the ...
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... half an inch from each other . The field rolled with this implement , is crimped into little ridges , like a lady's frill . This is good husbandry . All the benefit of compressing the soil and retaining its moisture is obtained , and ...
... half an inch from each other . The field rolled with this implement , is crimped into little ridges , like a lady's frill . This is good husbandry . All the benefit of compressing the soil and retaining its moisture is obtained , and ...
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... half to two thirds more time must pass before capital so employed is in a train to be replaced ; and one half or two thirds more capital must be expended , in every operation , than in the other corn - growing countries of the world ...
... half to two thirds more time must pass before capital so employed is in a train to be replaced ; and one half or two thirds more capital must be expended , in every operation , than in the other corn - growing countries of the world ...
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| Title | A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature 1450-1850 Making of the modern economy |
| Author | Samuel Laing |
| Publisher | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 May 2008 |
| Length | 431 pages |
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