Arthur Young's Travels in France: During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789George Bell and Sons, 1906 - 366 pages |
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Page vi
... scenes of pitiable management , and the houses , of misery . " 66 Throughout the entire work we find métayage , or farming on half profits , condemned in the strongest terms , yet nothing has done more to improve the condition of the ...
... scenes of pitiable management , and the houses , of misery . " 66 Throughout the entire work we find métayage , or farming on half profits , condemned in the strongest terms , yet nothing has done more to improve the condition of the ...
Page ix
... scene of the most terrible guerilla warfare of the Blancs and the Bleus , now possesses a railway station worthy of a capital . It may be briefly described as a town of 22,000 and odd souls , with out a beggar . No rags , dirt , or ...
... scene of the most terrible guerilla warfare of the Blancs and the Bleus , now possesses a railway station worthy of a capital . It may be briefly described as a town of 22,000 and odd souls , with out a beggar . No rags , dirt , or ...
Page xxiv
... scene of rural ease and smiling fertility ; far and wide the beautifully cultivated plain , with its varied crops , not one inch of land wasted , the whole forming a brilliant patchwork of green fields and yellow corn , whilst dotted ...
... scene of rural ease and smiling fertility ; far and wide the beautifully cultivated plain , with its varied crops , not one inch of land wasted , the whole forming a brilliant patchwork of green fields and yellow corn , whilst dotted ...
Page lvi
... scenes of misery , and accuracy of husbandry into the parent of national weakness . These are subjects that never will be understood from the specu- lations of the mere farmer , or the mere politician ; they demand a mixture of both ...
... scenes of misery , and accuracy of husbandry into the parent of national weakness . These are subjects that never will be understood from the specu- lations of the mere farmer , or the mere politician ; they demand a mixture of both ...
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... scene , the people , the language , every object is new ; and in those circumstances in which there is most resemblance , a discriminating eye finds little diffi- culty in discovering marks of distinctions . The noble improvement of a ...
... scene , the people , the language , every object is new ; and in those circumstances in which there is most resemblance , a discriminating eye finds little diffi- culty in discovering marks of distinctions . The noble improvement of a ...
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