The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures; of the Population, Cities, Towns, Villages, &c. of Each County ...Thomson Bonar and John Brown [and 7 others], 1805 - 547 страници |
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... extremely short - sighted , and per- nicious to their own interests . By raising the price of grain in any country , the progress of its population and manu- factures is necessarily retarded ; towns and villages are prevented from ...
... extremely short - sighted , and per- nicious to their own interests . By raising the price of grain in any country , the progress of its population and manu- factures is necessarily retarded ; towns and villages are prevented from ...
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... whereas in the Merse agues pre- vail , though utterly unknown in Lammermoor . In the lower district of Berwickshire agues were in former times & c . extremely common , and they sometimes degenerated. 52 BERWICKSHIRE . &c. ...
... whereas in the Merse agues pre- vail , though utterly unknown in Lammermoor . In the lower district of Berwickshire agues were in former times & c . extremely common , and they sometimes degenerated. 52 BERWICKSHIRE . &c. ...
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... extremely common , and they sometimes degenerated into Population , continued fevers of a dangerous and epidemic sort . In this respect , however , the effects of an improved agricul- ture , by draining the soil , have been found highly ...
... extremely common , and they sometimes degenerated into Population , continued fevers of a dangerous and epidemic sort . In this respect , however , the effects of an improved agricul- ture , by draining the soil , have been found highly ...
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... extremely beautiful , contain- ing a succession of hills and dales , through which a great number of small rivers take their course along deep and winding valleys . Almost all the hills are covered with a fine smooth sward , productive ...
... extremely beautiful , contain- ing a succession of hills and dales , through which a great number of small rivers take their course along deep and winding valleys . Almost all the hills are covered with a fine smooth sward , productive ...
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... extremely hostile to vegetation , but which is altered in its nature by the action of the atmos- phere . Most of the kinds of till may in time be convert- ed , by exposure to the air and by mixture with lime and manure , into a fertile ...
... extremely hostile to vegetation , but which is altered in its nature by the action of the atmos- phere . Most of the kinds of till may in time be convert- ed , by exposure to the air and by mixture with lime and manure , into a fertile ...
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