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Page 19
... labour ; and so absorbing , and so laborious was the process of thinking out for himself what he might have found clearly laid down in dozens of volumes , had he known of their existence , that he forgot his vexation and its saucy cause ...
... labour ; and so absorbing , and so laborious was the process of thinking out for himself what he might have found clearly laid down in dozens of volumes , had he known of their existence , that he forgot his vexation and its saucy cause ...
Page 90
... labour , I am not able to say . Certain it is that they found the want of good domestics a sad drawback on the comforts of their pleasant house and its accompaniments . The one faithful dam- sel still kept her place , and divided ...
... labour , I am not able to say . Certain it is that they found the want of good domestics a sad drawback on the comforts of their pleasant house and its accompaniments . The one faithful dam- sel still kept her place , and divided ...
Page 92
... labour than he had sup- posed himself capable of had really bene- fited his health and spirits . To till the soil is tiresome enough , but it was only pleasure to dig in the garden at his wife's solicitation . The care of horses has its ...
... labour than he had sup- posed himself capable of had really bene- fited his health and spirits . To till the soil is tiresome enough , but it was only pleasure to dig in the garden at his wife's solicitation . The care of horses has its ...
Page 113
... labour to despise the practical agricul- turist , though I may not relish his manners . But with ladies the case is different , and I shall never attempt to conform , in this par- ticular , to the customs of the country . When John and ...
... labour to despise the practical agricul- turist , though I may not relish his manners . But with ladies the case is different , and I shall never attempt to conform , in this par- ticular , to the customs of the country . When John and ...
Page 124
... labour or capital . Everybody tills the ground , and , conse- quently , each must provide a complete equipment of whatever is necessary for his business , or lose the seasons when business may be done to best advantage . At this season ...
... labour or capital . Everybody tills the ground , and , conse- quently , each must provide a complete equipment of whatever is necessary for his business , or lose the seasons when business may be done to best advantage . At this season ...
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