Letters from FloridaD. Appleton, 1879 - 85 páginas |
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... possible a common outfit . Try your own talent for begging for 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 ...
... possible a common outfit . Try your own talent for begging for 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 ...
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... task to make the future of this fair land far transcend its former beauty and productiveness . So confident am I that great results are possible , it is difficult to " pos- sess my soul in patience " till this work of CASTLES IN SPAIN . 23.
... task to make the future of this fair land far transcend its former beauty and productiveness . So confident am I that great results are possible , it is difficult to " pos- sess my soul in patience " till this work of CASTLES IN SPAIN . 23.
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... possible . After visiting many localities , they selected a quarter section of Government land near Little Lake George , through which the St. John's River runs . These young men had not been accus- tomed to farming or the use of ...
... possible . After visiting many localities , they selected a quarter section of Government land near Little Lake George , through which the St. John's River runs . These young men had not been accus- tomed to farming or the use of ...
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... possible for the parents and sister . Un- deterred by lack of mechanical knowledge , and deter- mined as far as possible to supply this want by good common sense , and that skill which is born of perse- vering efforts , they prepared a ...
... possible for the parents and sister . Un- deterred by lack of mechanical knowledge , and deter- mined as far as possible to supply this want by good common sense , and that skill which is born of perse- vering efforts , they prepared a ...
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... possible time sometimes blinds the judgment . True , the growth of all things here is so rapid , that new trees from the old roots soon cover a cleared field if allowed to ; but nothing can replace the giant trees that for centuries ...
... possible time sometimes blinds the judgment . True , the growth of all things here is so rapid , that new trees from the old roots soon cover a cleared field if allowed to ; but nothing can replace the giant trees that for centuries ...
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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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