Letters from FloridaD. Appleton, 1879 - 85 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 5
Página 28
... productive fields . The moss and lichens , the scale - insects , and other evils that were killing the groves , are all destroyed under this skillful manage- ment and wise administration ; the trees , grown young and vigorous , are ...
... productive fields . The moss and lichens , the scale - insects , and other evils that were killing the groves , are all destroyed under this skillful manage- ment and wise administration ; the trees , grown young and vigorous , are ...
Página 34
... productive orange - groves . " But an effort to reclaim such old , half - dead trees as you have told of seems preposterous . I should pre- fer to grub up such unsightly objects , plant a young grove , and possess my soul in patience ...
... productive orange - groves . " But an effort to reclaim such old , half - dead trees as you have told of seems preposterous . I should pre- fer to grub up such unsightly objects , plant a young grove , and possess my soul in patience ...
Página 39
... productive , if there was any one with intelligence and industry to occupy and improve . To prove that my statement rests on more substantial foundations than a woman's imagina- tion , listen while I give you one example . In that one ...
... productive , if there was any one with intelligence and industry to occupy and improve . To prove that my statement rests on more substantial foundations than a woman's imagina- tion , listen while I give you one example . In that one ...
Página 44
... their own strong hands and well - cultured brains to depend on , leave the old places that only rich men can keep in a productive condition , and go forth to create a home in newer lands , where intelligent labor 44 LETTERS FROM FLORIDA .
... their own strong hands and well - cultured brains to depend on , leave the old places that only rich men can keep in a productive condition , and go forth to create a home in newer lands , where intelligent labor 44 LETTERS FROM FLORIDA .
Página 63
... productive fields and comfortable homes . No sensible persons will come to " enter " new lands here , with the intention of making it a permanent home , without being prepared to feel the loss of many of the comforts and privileges that ...
... productive fields and comfortable homes . No sensible persons will come to " enter " new lands here , with the intention of making it a permanent home , without being prepared to feel the loss of many of the comforts and privileges that ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
Página 82 - Life of Christ that contains the copious notes of the author, the marginal references, and an index, lu its present form it is a marvel of cheapness. " A work of the highest rank, breathing the spirit of true faith in Christ."— Dr.
Página 81 - Will it be annihilation? ultimate restoration to holiuess and happiness? endless punishment ? or is it out of our power to decide which of these views is the truth? The discussion is intensified by being narrowed to the meaning of a single word, aionios.
Página 85 - It is at once a biographical dictionary of artists, a gallery of pen portraits and of beautiful scenes, sketched by the painters and multiplied by the engraver. It is in all respects a work of art, and will meet the wants of a large class whose tastes are in that direction."— New York Observer. " One of the most delightful volumes issued from the press of this country.
Página 84 - The publishers feel justified in saying that the contemporaneous art of no country has ever been so adequately represented in a single volume as...