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... inches in length , dig a hole at the corners of your garden , and set in the posts ; put them as much as a foot in the ground , set them fast with large stones , and fill up the mould round them ; and there you have good , strong ...
... inches in length , dig a hole at the corners of your garden , and set in the posts ; put them as much as a foot in the ground , set them fast with large stones , and fill up the mould round them ; and there you have good , strong ...
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... inches in length , and set them in the ground , with the tops downward , and a little aslant — about four or six inches apart , according to what room you can afford . Cuttings will strike equally well set downward , and the thorns are ...
... inches in length , and set them in the ground , with the tops downward , and a little aslant — about four or six inches apart , according to what room you can afford . Cuttings will strike equally well set downward , and the thorns are ...
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... inch in a day or a week , and go on regularly to do so , it will in time be destroyed . Besides , to look at things constantly , is the best way to prevent their growing to such a tremendous height , that you are afraid of looking at ...
... inch in a day or a week , and go on regularly to do so , it will in time be destroyed . Besides , to look at things constantly , is the best way to prevent their growing to such a tremendous height , that you are afraid of looking at ...
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... inches across , near the bottom - and don't grudge what iron hoops are necessary to make it secure and durable ; to fit in this hole , you will want a common spigot and faucet , and a wicker basket , ( called a tap waist , ) to keep ...
... inches across , near the bottom - and don't grudge what iron hoops are necessary to make it secure and durable ; to fit in this hole , you will want a common spigot and faucet , and a wicker basket , ( called a tap waist , ) to keep ...
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... inches thick . When both dough and oven are ready , take out the fire , sweep the oven clean , and make the dough up into loaves , which should be put into the oven as soon as possible . As you knead up the loaves , shake a little flour ...
... inches thick . When both dough and oven are ready , take out the fire , sweep the oven clean , and make the dough up into loaves , which should be put into the oven as soon as possible . As you knead up the loaves , shake a little flour ...
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Página 18 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Página 231 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not with eye-service, as menpleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart...
Página 231 - Godliness is profitable for all things; having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.
Página 88 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Página 228 - Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things written in the book of the law to do them.
Página 11 - I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet.
Página 231 - How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against my God ?
Página 207 - The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets.
Página 20 - I'll try if I can get it. Upon this he set down his basket in the road, and began to climb up the tree. He had half ascended, when, casting a look at his basket, he saw a dog with his nose in it, ferreting out the piece of kid's flesh.
Página 4 - HONESTY THE BEST POLICY. A NOBLEMAN travelling in Scotland, about six years ago, was asked for alms in the High street of Edinburgh, by a little ragged boy. He said he had no change ; upon which the boy offered to procure it. His lordship, in order to get rid of his importunity, gave him a piece of silver, and the boy conceiving it was to be changed, ran off for that purpose.