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Page 354
... boys may be seen rushing at full speed over the fields towards the walnut trees . When a tree is reached , one of the number climbs rapidly up , shakes off half a bushel of the nuts , and scrambles down again . Then they go to the next ...
... boys may be seen rushing at full speed over the fields towards the walnut trees . When a tree is reached , one of the number climbs rapidly up , shakes off half a bushel of the nuts , and scrambles down again . Then they go to the next ...
Page 355
... boys , struck with the plan , took it up , and in a few years it was generally used . A few repetitions alone are needed to establish a custom among boys ; and with boys , perhaps more than with primitive man , what is customary is ...
... boys , struck with the plan , took it up , and in a few years it was generally used . A few repetitions alone are needed to establish a custom among boys ; and with boys , perhaps more than with primitive man , what is customary is ...
Page 357
... boys , this method of disposing of it would no longer answer . It then became customary to sell the surplus to the other boys . Money was not very plentiful among the scholars , and knives , tops , slings , and marbles were bartered for ...
... boys , this method of disposing of it would no longer answer . It then became customary to sell the surplus to the other boys . Money was not very plentiful among the scholars , and knives , tops , slings , and marbles were bartered for ...
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Annetta | 17 |
A Tale of Early California H L Wright | 32 |
Past and Present of Political Economy | 63 |
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