The Slave States of America, Том 1Fisher, Son & Company, 1842 |
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... leaves in autumn , was unfavourable to health . The centres of the streets are macadamized , and the side pave- ments are of brick . The streets are lighted with oil lamps , and are kept in good order . A very recent and destructive ...
... leaves in autumn , was unfavourable to health . The centres of the streets are macadamized , and the side pave- ments are of brick . The streets are lighted with oil lamps , and are kept in good order . A very recent and destructive ...
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... leaves , and the product of them was two bushels of cocoons , or two pounds of silk . This establishes the fact , that 90 lbs . of leaves of the Morus Multicaulus are sufficient to produce one pound of silk . He commenced plucking the ...
... leaves , and the product of them was two bushels of cocoons , or two pounds of silk . This establishes the fact , that 90 lbs . of leaves of the Morus Multicaulus are sufficient to produce one pound of silk . He commenced plucking the ...
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... leaves the largest amount of gain ; and therefore their personal appearance is no more attended to than that of cart - horses or post- horses , as compared with the attention bestowed on the carriage - horses as a part of the family ...
... leaves the largest amount of gain ; and therefore their personal appearance is no more attended to than that of cart - horses or post- horses , as compared with the attention bestowed on the carriage - horses as a part of the family ...
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... leaves ; and it is impossible to imagine anything more dreary and desolate than the sight of a large number of trees in this state of death and decay . Another process is that of setting fire to the underwood , and charring the trunks ...
... leaves ; and it is impossible to imagine anything more dreary and desolate than the sight of a large number of trees in this state of death and decay . Another process is that of setting fire to the underwood , and charring the trunks ...
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... leaves on , but the greater number bare and bleak , lying in heaps on the ground , to the great injury of the owner , as it was impossible to plough the land on which they lay , and to burn , or to re- move them , was equally slow and ...
... leaves on , but the greater number bare and bleak , lying in heaps on the ground , to the great injury of the owner , as it was impossible to plough the land on which they lay , and to burn , or to re- move them , was equally slow and ...
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