The National Review, Volume 10W.H. Allen, 1887 - English literature |
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Page 38
... towns in the provision of allotments becomes apparent . Those who would hold allotments must be got beyond the reach of the high - priced building - land of a large town by aid of the railways and trams , or the town offering land for ...
... towns in the provision of allotments becomes apparent . Those who would hold allotments must be got beyond the reach of the high - priced building - land of a large town by aid of the railways and trams , or the town offering land for ...
Page 168
... town- dweller , the country child possesses greater potentialities . It is , in the language of Oliver Wendell Holmes , " a late pear . " Slow to develop , its ultimate development is grander and more complete than that of the town ...
... town- dweller , the country child possesses greater potentialities . It is , in the language of Oliver Wendell Holmes , " a late pear . " Slow to develop , its ultimate development is grander and more complete than that of the town ...
Page 171
... town - dwellers gives us Bright's disease and phthisis , not rarely combined - the two scourges of town popu- lations ; or , in other words , these maladies are the means by which degenerate town populations are cut off - Dame Nature's ...
... town - dwellers gives us Bright's disease and phthisis , not rarely combined - the two scourges of town popu- lations ; or , in other words , these maladies are the means by which degenerate town populations are cut off - Dame Nature's ...
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