Arthur Young's Travels in France: During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789George Bell and Sons, 1906 - 366 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page viii
... farming , the land was clean and very productive . The cordial relations of “ bailleur " and " preneur , " or owner and métayer , testified to the satisfactoriness of the arrangement . Not to be outdone by their rustic neighbours , the ...
... farming , the land was clean and very productive . The cordial relations of “ bailleur " and " preneur , " or owner and métayer , testified to the satisfactoriness of the arrangement . Not to be outdone by their rustic neighbours , the ...
Page ix
... farmer I name , as is almost universally the case , owned a small portion of land . Very likely , had inquiry gone back a generation or two , we should have found métayage the beginning of this prosperous family , their stepping- stone ...
... farmer I name , as is almost universally the case , owned a small portion of land . Very likely , had inquiry gone back a generation or two , we should have found métayage the beginning of this prosperous family , their stepping- stone ...
Page xii
... farmers of Nozay in the Loire Inférieure , described by me else- where , or the hospitable freeholders of Hennebont in the Mor- bihan , I should without doubt find many changes for the better . The sabots into which the bare feet of ...
... farmers of Nozay in the Loire Inférieure , described by me else- where , or the hospitable freeholders of Hennebont in the Mor- bihan , I should without doubt find many changes for the better . The sabots into which the bare feet of ...
Page xiv
... farmer sighed for such an institution , and predicted the advantages that would accrue generally from training schools of practical and theoretic agriculture . Such schools , alike on a large or modest scale , the latter called ferme ...
... farmer sighed for such an institution , and predicted the advantages that would accrue generally from training schools of practical and theoretic agriculture . Such schools , alike on a large or modest scale , the latter called ferme ...
Page xv
... farming and ownership are more congenial to his some- what uncompromising temperament . The domaine congéable , 2 a ... farmer becoming possessor of outbuildings , if erected at his expense , stock and crops , both parties being at ...
... farming and ownership are more congenial to his some- what uncompromising temperament . The domaine congéable , 2 a ... farmer becoming possessor of outbuildings , if erected at his expense , stock and crops , both parties being at ...
Common terms and phrases
Abbé agreeable agriculture Ardèche Arthur Young attention beautiful Besançon better Broussonet built celebrated chateau circumstances clergy common conversation corvées count court cultivated Dijon Dine dinner Drôme duke Edited England English enquiries Europe expence farm farmer favour France French garden Garonne gentleman give Hérault hills horse idea inclosed interesting king king's kingdom l'Abbé lady land Languedoc Liancourt liberty Loire Louis Louis XVI Madame Marne marquis ment métayage miles Mirabeau miserable Mons mountains mules National Assembly Necker Nièvre nobility noble Palais Royal Paris parliament pass peasant person pleased pleasure political poor present province Pyrenees revolution river road rock royal Savoie scene seems seen seigneur shew situation table d'hôte theatre thing tion Toulon town Translated traveller vale Vaucluse Versailles village vines vols walk whole wine wood
Popular passages
Page 281 - FLORENCE OF WORCESTER'S Chronicle, with the Two Continuations : comprising Annals of English History from the Departure of the Romans to the Reign of Edward I.
Page 289 - History oi the Planting and Training of the Christian Church by the Apostles. Translated by JE Ryland. 2 vols. 3*. 6id. each. Memorials of Christian Life in the Early and Middle Ages ; including Light in Dark Places.
Page 291 - Homer's Odyssey, with the Battle of Frogs and Mice, Hymns, &c., by other translators. Edited by the Rev. JS Watson, MA With the entire Series of Flaxman's Designs. 5*.
Page 275 - Tables for verifying Dates with the Christian Era, &c. Giving an account of the Chief Eras and Systems used by various Nations ; with the easy Methods for determining the Corresponding Dates. By JJ Bond. 5*. BONOMI'S Nineveh and Its Palaces. 7 Plates and 294 Woodcut Illustrations. 5.;.
Page 285 - JULIAN, the Emperor. Containing Gregory Nazianzen's Two Invectives and Libanus" Monody, with Julian's extant Theosophical Works. Translated by CW King, MA 5*.
Page 284 - HOLBEIN'S Dance of Death and Bible Cuts. Upwards of 150 Subjects, engraved in facsimile, with Introduction and Descriptions by Francis Douce and Dr. Thomas Frognall Dibden. 5*. HOMER'S Iliad. Translated into English Prose by TA Buckley, BA $s. Odyssey. Hymns, Epigrams, and Battle of the Frogs and Mice. Translated into English Prose by TA Buckley, BA 5*.
Page 295 - SWIFT'S Prose Works. Edited by Temple Scott. With a Biographical Introduction by the Right Hon. WEH Lecky, MP With Portraits and Facsimiles. 12 vols.
Page 284 - HERODOTUS, Notes on. Original and Selected from the best Commentators. By DW Turner, MA Coloured Map, Analysis and Summary of, with a Synchronistical Table of Events...
Page 278 - On the Nature of the Gods, Divination, Fate, Laws, a Republic, Consulship. Translated by Prof. CD Yonge, MA, and Francis Barham.
Page 279 - Histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Together with the Scandalous Chronicle, or Secret History ot Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.