Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 176William Blackwood, 1904 - England |
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... hard times ' thus brought about . " But when one comes to the other crops , the above remarks do not , so far as I know , at all apply , and the French peasant is quite as keen after a bit of land , 28 [ July A Plea for Landlords .
... hard times ' thus brought about . " But when one comes to the other crops , the above remarks do not , so far as I know , at all apply , and the French peasant is quite as keen after a bit of land , 28 [ July A Plea for Landlords .
Page 29
... French land , and the growth of big farms , to begin with , may be set aside as applying to one generation only , and that the French peasants , taken as a class , are flourishing more than ever they did before . It should be ob- served ...
... French land , and the growth of big farms , to begin with , may be set aside as applying to one generation only , and that the French peasants , taken as a class , are flourishing more than ever they did before . It should be ob- served ...
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... French peasant practises minute economies , un- known to us over here , and submits to a standard of living which would suit neither John Bull nor the " unspeakable Scot , " who tills his broad acres over the border . Ireland is indeed ...
... French peasant practises minute economies , un- known to us over here , and submits to a standard of living which would suit neither John Bull nor the " unspeakable Scot , " who tills his broad acres over the border . Ireland is indeed ...
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... French , whose climate and general conditions of land- tenure and cheap transit enable them to dump down here far more farmyard and market produce than we can ever hope to do ourselves . But although big poultry - farms have seldom or ...
... French , whose climate and general conditions of land- tenure and cheap transit enable them to dump down here far more farmyard and market produce than we can ever hope to do ourselves . But although big poultry - farms have seldom or ...
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... French games , and singing French tunes , dressed in French blouses , and looking - barring their complexions - for all the world like a lot of French children at a convent in Old France . The Father who received us came from Toulouse ...
... French games , and singing French tunes , dressed in French blouses , and looking - barring their complexions - for all the world like a lot of French children at a convent in Old France . The Father who received us came from Toulouse ...
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