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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 58
... labours and privations of his younger days had left their traces in his constitution , pro- ducing a premature old age not uncommon among the settlers . His interest in the duties and occupations of his situation were in no wise ...
... labours and privations of his younger days had left their traces in his constitution , pro- ducing a premature old age not uncommon among the settlers . His interest in the duties and occupations of his situation were in no wise ...
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 95
... labours into play , and split wood and curry the horses for exercise . But it has always been found that amusements , after a while , become tiresome , and our friends were no exception to the general rule . Only one of the four people ...
... labours into play , and split wood and curry the horses for exercise . But it has always been found that amusements , after a while , become tiresome , and our friends were no exception to the general rule . Only one of the four people ...
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