A Book for Massachusetts Children: In Familiar Letters from a FatherHilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1831 - 142 pages |
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... ponds . There are a great many ponds in Massachusetts , but none very large . When a pond gets full , the water runs over and makes a brook or river . Sometimes a great many brooks run together and make a river . Many rivers running ...
... ponds . There are a great many ponds in Massachusetts , but none very large . When a pond gets full , the water runs over and makes a brook or river . Sometimes a great many brooks run together and make a river . Many rivers running ...
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... is called tillage land . But in some places the hills are very steep , and so rocky that the land is not fit even for pasture . They are chiefly useful for causing brooks , rivers , and ponds to be formed . 4 * LETTER XVI . 41.
... is called tillage land . But in some places the hills are very steep , and so rocky that the land is not fit even for pasture . They are chiefly useful for causing brooks , rivers , and ponds to be formed . 4 * LETTER XVI . 41.
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In Familiar Letters from a Father Hosea Hildreth. brooks , rivers , and ponds to be formed . How- ever , they often bear a great deal of wood and timber . There are all sorts of land from very good to very poor in Massachusetts ; but ...
In Familiar Letters from a Father Hosea Hildreth. brooks , rivers , and ponds to be formed . How- ever , they often bear a great deal of wood and timber . There are all sorts of land from very good to very poor in Massachusetts ; but ...
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... pond of fresh water , with young elms round , its border . The Common is a great ornament to the city . On three sides of it there are splendid houses . Fayette Place , a block of twentyfour brick dwelling houses , four stories high ...
... pond of fresh water , with young elms round , its border . The Common is a great ornament to the city . On three sides of it there are splendid houses . Fayette Place , a block of twentyfour brick dwelling houses , four stories high ...
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... pond in the State ; but what is most remarkable , they rake up from the bottom of this pond a great deal of iron ore . This ore looks like a reddish sort of stone . It is put into a very hot fire made of charcoal . The iron melts and ...
... pond in the State ; but what is most remarkable , they rake up from the bottom of this pond a great deal of iron ore . This ore looks like a reddish sort of stone . It is put into a very hot fire made of charcoal . The iron melts and ...
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