Letters from FloridaD. Appleton, 1879 - 85 páginas |
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... once that its great wealth lay in the rich fruits and productions of its soil , which through well - directed labor would give to them a rich possession . They sought to de- velop the resources of the land by suitable cultiva- tion and ...
... once that its great wealth lay in the rich fruits and productions of its soil , which through well - directed labor would give to them a rich possession . They sought to de- velop the resources of the land by suitable cultiva- tion and ...
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... once the foremost in every good word and work are suffering , with their deli- cately nurtured families , for the common necessaries of life , which the severity of our Northern winters renders truly indispensable . But , unlike those ...
... once the foremost in every good word and work are suffering , with their deli- cately nurtured families , for the common necessaries of life , which the severity of our Northern winters renders truly indispensable . But , unlike those ...
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... once , at least , so far as to secure a passage on some of the Southern steamers , and a little money for farm- ing implements , to start at least one family a year in a new home in Florida . If these beneficiaries are wisely selected ...
... once , at least , so far as to secure a passage on some of the Southern steamers , and a little money for farm- ing implements , to start at least one family a year in a new home in Florida . If these beneficiaries are wisely selected ...
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... to Florida and enter a " homestead . " Erect- ing a rough but comfortable shelter , and furnishing it with what they would once have thought were worth- less scraps that remained out of former abundance , and 18 LETTERS FROM FLORIDA .
... to Florida and enter a " homestead . " Erect- ing a rough but comfortable shelter , and furnishing it with what they would once have thought were worth- less scraps that remained out of former abundance , and 18 LETTERS FROM FLORIDA .
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... once upon the orange - tree Hang her fruitage and her flowers , " I was too ill to more than realize the luxury of breathing easily and with daily increasing .comfort , and therefore did little but quietly indulge in day dreams . Will ...
... once upon the orange - tree Hang her fruitage and her flowers , " I was too ill to more than realize the luxury of breathing easily and with daily increasing .comfort , and therefore did little but quietly indulge in day dreams . Will ...
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551 BROADWAY abundant acres American Painters APPLETON attractive beautiful Beecher blackberries bring build cattle cleared climate Cloth comfortable home courage crops cultivation desire destroyed easily EIGHTY-THREE EXAMPLES English feeble flowers forest frost fruits Garden of Eden give graft grass guava hardships history of Florida I'ze industry John's John's River kind labor lady Lake land large number Letters from Florida lichens lovely lustrated luxury malarial fevers Mark's ment morning needed North Northern once orange orange-culture orange-groves orange-trees Palatka palmettoes piney wood pioneer plantation planted pleasure poor potatoes productive promise PUBLISHERS raised ready rejuvenated rich river Rollestown secure sensible settled sick sketches of fifty skill sour stumps South spring suffering sweet sweet potatoes things tion trees truth vegetables villages volume waste White Mountains wild wilderness winter wise woods York York Evening Post York Observer
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