Arthur Young's Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789G. Bell and sons, 1906 - 366 pages |
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... four- teenth of July we find him at Metz , leisurely as any modern tourist inspecting " what was worth viewing " in the city . A few days later , on reaching Strasburg , he learns the great news : The Bastille has fallen ! The whole ...
... four- teenth of July we find him at Metz , leisurely as any modern tourist inspecting " what was worth viewing " in the city . A few days later , on reaching Strasburg , he learns the great news : The Bastille has fallen ! The whole ...
Page vii
... Four years ago I was the guest of a country gentleman near Châteauroux , chef - lieu of the department of the Indre , formed from the ancient Berri . Formerly owner of an entire commune , my host had gradually reduced his estate by ...
... Four years ago I was the guest of a country gentleman near Châteauroux , chef - lieu of the department of the Indre , formed from the ancient Berri . Formerly owner of an entire commune , my host had gradually reduced his estate by ...
Page ix
... four hundred and fifty acres , let on lease precisely as in England . For sixty- five years it had been held by members of the same family - a fact speaking volumes for both owner and tenant . It had con- sisted in part of waste , let ...
... four hundred and fifty acres , let on lease precisely as in England . For sixty- five years it had been held by members of the same family - a fact speaking volumes for both owner and tenant . It had con- sisted in part of waste , let ...
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... four - course farming have long superseded the ruinous method of sowing the same crops , generally buckwheat or oats , for several years in succession , followed by an equally long period of fallow . Arthur Young's corner - stone of ...
... four - course farming have long superseded the ruinous method of sowing the same crops , generally buckwheat or oats , for several years in succession , followed by an equally long period of fallow . Arthur Young's corner - stone of ...
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... four airy bedrooms . One In the Maine and Loire the land is much divided , very few farms consist of a hundred hectares , by far the larger proportion of three or four only , or closeries . Yet between the years 1833 and 18701 the value ...
... four airy bedrooms . One In the Maine and Loire the land is much divided , very few farms consist of a hundred hectares , by far the larger proportion of three or four only , or closeries . Yet between the years 1833 and 18701 the value ...
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