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of Occurrences 1009%

On the banks of the Chazy and near the outlet, a half-breed, that is, half French and half Indian, had built him a log cabin, and cleared about an acre of land around it.

in Occurrences 197%

"Have you always," he asked, "had the same number of acres in grain and grass under your new and old system?"

for Occurrences 45%

With the exception of little spots not visible in general views, the entire surface is covered with them, massed in close hedge growth, sweeping gracefully down into every gorge and hollow, and swelling over every ridge and summit in shaggy, ungovernable exuberance, offering more honey to the acre for half the year than the most crowded clover-field.

on Occurrences 34%

In 1318 Edward II. granted the Black Friars, the Dominicans, twelve acres on the southern side of the hill.

to Occurrences 22%

For once I saw in the Tarentine vale, Where slow Galesus drenched the washy soil, 150 An old Corician yeoman, who had got A few neglected acres to his lot, Where neither corn nor pasture graced the field, Nor would the vine her purple harvest yield; But savoury herbs among the thorns were found, Vervain and poppy-flowers his garden crown'd, And drooping lilies whitened all the ground.

at Occurrences 19%

He lived on his estate of about a thousand acres at Greenspring, not far from Jamestown.

with Occurrences 13%

Ungenerous nature but endows These acres with the stumps and stocks Which should be trees, with rude, gray rocks; Over these humps and hollows browse, Daily, the awkward, shambling cows.

as Occurrences 11%

USES OF THE JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE.This being a tuberous-rooted plant, with leafy stems from four to six feet high, it is alleged that its tops will afford as much fodder per acre as a crop of oats, or more, and its roots half as many tubers as an ordinary crop of potatoes.

from Occurrences 10%

"He is going to put up a new barn and a carriage house and a new windmill for pumping water, and he has bought a hundred acres from the farm in the back, and added, oh, I don't know how many more cows.

per Occurrences 9%

"He offered two-pence half-penny (currency), or about three-halfpence (sterling), per day, with the usual allowance to holers of a dram with molasses, to any twenty-five of his Negroes, both men and women, who would undertake to hole for canes an acre per day, at about 96-1/2 holes for each Negro to the acre.

under Occurrences 9%

For the remaining States the Secretary of the Interior is directed to issue "land scrip to the amount of their distributive shares in acres under the provisions of this act, said scrip to be sold by said States, and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and purposes prescribed in this act, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever."

into Occurrences 7%

He has brought his acres into a consumption, and they are strangely fallen away; nothing but skin and bones left of a whole manor.

within Occurrences 6%

It should be a misdemeanor to chop down a tree, and a felony to clear an acre within its boundaries.

by Occurrences 6%

It was at first simply a question of draining a few acres by capturing these streams and turning them into canals, in order to direct them afterwards over the dry sandy slopes which descended towards the railway line.

than Occurrences 6%

"Yes; that's west of town; it's bigger by twenty acres than old man Tomwit's place.

about Occurrences 5%

Twenty acres about to be added. 23.

near Occurrences 5%

Sir Walter Raleigh was also given forty-two thousand acres near Spenser.

around Occurrences 4%

He warned Beauchene one morning that he should leave the works at the end of the month, for on the previous day he had spoken to Seguin, and had found him quite willing to sell the little pavilion and some fifty acres around it on very easy terms.

along Occurrences 4%

Then, three years ago the New York Colony seized upon the broad acres along the Bluffs, and dotted two miles with the elaborate stone and brick houses they call cottages; not for permanent summer homes (the very rich, the spenders, have no homes), but merely hotels in series.

out Occurrences 2%

The applicants had liberty to select their complement of fifty-eight acres out of any unappropriated land that suited them.

against Occurrences 2%

He defended Acre against Napoleon I. John ninth lord Clifford, called "The Black Clifford" (died 1461).

after Occurrences 2%

I spared him the sight of the chess-board of bricks and mortar into which the speculative builder has turned acre after acre north of Merton High Street.

above Occurrences 1%

right it is seen what the United States propose to give them besides the sum of $202,000, which will be due from the purchasers of their occupant right to the Senecas, and $9,600 to the Tuscaroras for their title to 1,920 acres of land in Ontario County, N.Y., exclusive of the 5,000 acres above mentioned.

down Occurrences 1%

Now I want to talk about leasing a few thousand acres down this way, with water-rights.

during Occurrences 1%

The farmer who appreciates the importance of caring for his home forests is always interested in knowing how much timber will grow on an acre during a period of twelve months.

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