A Six Months Tour Through the North of England: Containing, an Account of the Present State of Agriculture, Manufactures and Population, ... In Four VolumesW. Strahan; W. Nicoll; T. Cadell; B. Collins, at Salisbury; and J. Balfour, at Edinburgh, 1771 |
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... fame quantity as of that grain * . They plow but I have , for once , given the jargon of country measures ; a vile abufe , that calls aloud for redrefs . You shall be plagued with them no more . once once for beans , fow them broad ...
... fame quantity as of that grain * . They plow but I have , for once , given the jargon of country measures ; a vile abufe , that calls aloud for redrefs . You shall be plagued with them no more . once once for beans , fow them broad ...
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... 57. for grafs , but none for barley . A feythe , 35 . A fpade , 3s . 6d . Laying a fhare and coulter , Is . Shoeing , Is . 4 d . PROVISIONS . The fame as at Newcastle . About About Morpeth the foil is a loamy clay ; letts [ 18 ]
... 57. for grafs , but none for barley . A feythe , 35 . A fpade , 3s . 6d . Laying a fhare and coulter , Is . Shoeing , Is . 4 d . PROVISIONS . The fame as at Newcastle . About About Morpeth the foil is a loamy clay ; letts [ 18 ]
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... fame time ; it cofts 7 s . befides the leading ; they reckon they could not raise corn without it . Very good grafs land will lett at 205. an acre . They apply it mostly to fatting . An acre and an half they reckon fufficient for ...
... fame time ; it cofts 7 s . befides the leading ; they reckon they could not raise corn without it . Very good grafs land will lett at 205. an acre . They apply it mostly to fatting . An acre and an half they reckon fufficient for ...
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... fame as of peafe . They plough as often for tur- neps , hoe twice , and reckon the acre from 27. 10 s . to 5. 10s . them off with beasts and sheep . value per They feed They use no clover , but fow a few tares to make into hay for their ...
... fame as of peafe . They plough as often for tur- neps , hoe twice , and reckon the acre from 27. 10 s . to 5. 10s . them off with beasts and sheep . value per They feed They use no clover , but fow a few tares to make into hay for their ...
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... fame . About Belford there are many variations from the preceding management , which highly deserve attention . The foil is in ge- neral a loam , inclinable to a clay ; good wheat land letts , in large farms , at I 1 s . an acre , but ...
... fame . About Belford there are many variations from the preceding management , which highly deserve attention . The foil is in ge- neral a loam , inclinable to a clay ; good wheat land letts , in large farms , at I 1 s . an acre , but ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acre alfo Alnwick alſo arable land beafts Beans Belford beſt boy I maid bufhels canal carts Cheeſe chiefly clay Clover cofts corn courſe cows crop Dairy maids ditto expence fallow fame farmers farms fatting beaſts feed feven fhall fheep fhould fide firſt fmall foil fome four fow three fow two bufhels fown fpade fpirited ftir ftone ftraw ftubbles fuch fufficient fummer grafs half harveſt hill hoed horfes horſes houſe hundred huſbandry inches Inclofed incloſures itſelf laft land landſcape letts loam maids 2 labourers man's wages manure miles milk moft Morpeth moſt Mowing muſt neceffary never hoe Newport Pagnel oxen Peafe Peaſe Penrith pleafing plough plow Potatoes Product quantity raiſed reckon rent 4 horfes rife rocks Rothbury ſeveral ſheep ſmall Soil ſtocking ſtone theſe thirty thoſe thouſand tillage Turneps twenty unhoed uſe waggons Wheat Barley Oats winter Women per day Wooburn wood young cattle
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Página 289 - As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Página 290 - Thefe are thy glorious works, Parent of good ! Almighty, thine this univerfal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; thyfelf how wondrous then ! Unfpeakable, who fitt'ft above thefe heavens, 156 To us invifible, or dimly feen In thefe thy loweft works ; yet thefe declare Thy goodnefs beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 150 - ... too delicious to be imagined is, this beautiful sheet of water being dotted with no less than ten islands, distinctly comprehended by the eye ; all of the most bewitching beauty. The large one presents a waving various line, which rises from...
Página 281 - Nature here Wantons as in her prime, and plays at will Her virgin fancies, pouring forth more sweet, Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss ! MILToN, B.
Página 189 - Many low priced goods they make for North America, and many fine ones for the West Indies. The whole business was exceedingly brisk during the war, and very bad after the peace ; but now are pretty good again, though not equal to what they were during the war. All the revolutions of late in the North American affairs are felt severely by this branch.
Página 148 - In landscapes you are either on a level with the objects, or look up to them ; the painter cannot give the declivity at your feet, which lessens the object as much in the perpendicular line, as in the horizontal one. You look down upon a noble winding valley of about twelve miles long, every where...
Página 152 - ... good burthen, for the African and American trades. The only manufactory in the town is that of cabinet ware. Here are many...
Página 254 - This is the most difficult work in the whole manufacture. A boy turns a perpendicular wheel, which, by means of thongs, turns a small horizontal one, just before the thrower, with such velocity, that it twirls round the lump of clay he lays on it, into any form he directs it with his fingers.
Página 147 - For this purpose, you return to the village, and taking the by-road to the turnpike, mount the hill without turning your head (if I was your guide, I would conduct you behind a small hill, that you might come at once upon the view), till you almost gain the top, when you will be struck with astonishment at the prospect spread at your feet ; which...
Página 191 - ... both for exportation and home consumption, but vastly more for the former than the latter. During the war the demand was extremely brisk : very dull upon the peace, but lately has arisen greatly, though not equal to the war ; and the interruptions caused by the convulsions in America, very severely felt by every workman in this branch : None ever offered for work but they at once had it, except upon the regulations of the colonies cutting off their trade with the Spaniards, and the stamp act....