The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...A. Phelps, 1826 - 312 страница |
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... various colours , bestowing no cultivation on the soil , and depending for subsistence on acorns , ber- ries , and roots , and upon their skill and success in hunting and fishing . Obs . - The people of Britain are indebted to the great ...
... various colours , bestowing no cultivation on the soil , and depending for subsistence on acorns , ber- ries , and roots , and upon their skill and success in hunting and fishing . Obs . - The people of Britain are indebted to the great ...
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... various half - starved savage tribes , do not exceed twenty thousand ; while , on an equal space of country in China , two or three hundred millions , aided # by the arts of civilization , are much better 8 ARTS OF SAVAGE LIFE .
... various half - starved savage tribes , do not exceed twenty thousand ; while , on an equal space of country in China , two or three hundred millions , aided # by the arts of civilization , are much better 8 ARTS OF SAVAGE LIFE .
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... various fruits . 54. Every farm - house is provided with its kitchen- garden , for the cultivation of vegetables and fruits . The art of gardening forms also , one of the most use- ful and delightful branches of rural employment . Be ...
... various fruits . 54. Every farm - house is provided with its kitchen- garden , for the cultivation of vegetables and fruits . The art of gardening forms also , one of the most use- ful and delightful branches of rural employment . Be ...
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... various allowances , at least 100 millions , or ten times its present number . The ground still uncultivated , might , per- haps , be made to maintain the present number of inhabitants in plenty . 61. Each of the people consume in every ...
... various allowances , at least 100 millions , or ten times its present number . The ground still uncultivated , might , per- haps , be made to maintain the present number of inhabitants in plenty . 61. Each of the people consume in every ...
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... various ways ; and , at length , get the metal by itself in a pure state . 72. No one , on looking at most of the metallic ores , would suspect them to contain metal : they are appar- ently , the roughest , coarsest , and least ...
... various ways ; and , at length , get the metal by itself in a pure state . 72. No one , on looking at most of the metallic ores , would suspect them to contain metal : they are appar- ently , the roughest , coarsest , and least ...
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