A Six Months Tour Through the North of England: Containing, an Account of the Present State of Agriculture, Manufactures and Population, ... In Four VolumesW. Strahan; W. Nicoll; T. Cadell; B. Collins, at Salisbury; and J. Balfour, at Edinburgh, 1771 |
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... fmall ones , near the town , at 20s . Farms rife from 100l . a year , to 500 % . many of 300 % 350 % and 4007. The courses , 1. Fallow 2. Wheat 3. Pease . Alfo , i . Turneps 2. Barley 3. Oats 4. Barley . For wheat they plow four or five ...
... fmall ones , near the town , at 20s . Farms rife from 100l . a year , to 500 % . many of 300 % 350 % and 4007. The courses , 1. Fallow 2. Wheat 3. Pease . Alfo , i . Turneps 2. Barley 3. Oats 4. Barley . For wheat they plow four or five ...
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... fmall in fize , but was of excellent ufe for feeding the cows ; they were given , with fome hay , to the milch ones , the leaves ftripped off . The butter and milk both ex- ceedingly good , and finely flavoured . In 1767 the fame field ...
... fmall in fize , but was of excellent ufe for feeding the cows ; they were given , with fome hay , to the milch ones , the leaves ftripped off . The butter and milk both ex- ceedingly good , and finely flavoured . In 1767 the fame field ...
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... fmall machines , without difengaging any of their parts , may be tranfported from one place to another ; and will probably laft as long as the large machines , and may be kept in repair at a proportionable expence . All Gentlemen , & c ...
... fmall machines , without difengaging any of their parts , may be tranfported from one place to another ; and will probably laft as long as the large machines , and may be kept in repair at a proportionable expence . All Gentlemen , & c ...
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... fmall expence , worth 8 or IO S. for ever . What a field for improve- ment ! What a noble fource of riches and population ! How much is it to be regret- ted , that fuch extenfive tracks of land fhould remain in such a defolate condition ...
... fmall expence , worth 8 or IO S. for ever . What a field for improve- ment ! What a noble fource of riches and population ! How much is it to be regret- ted , that fuch extenfive tracks of land fhould remain in such a defolate condition ...
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... purchase . Many eftates from fmall rents to 100 % or 2007. a year . Poor rates Is . 6d . in the pound . employment spinning and knitting . few drink tea . The Very The The farmers carry their corn nine miles . The general [ 86 ]
... purchase . Many eftates from fmall rents to 100 % or 2007. a year . Poor rates Is . 6d . in the pound . employment spinning and knitting . few drink tea . The Very The The farmers carry their corn nine miles . The general [ 86 ]
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acre alfo Alnwick alſo arable land beafts Beans Belford beſt boy I maid bufhels canal carts Cheeſe chiefly clay Clover cofts corn courſe cows crop Dairy maids ditto expence fallow fame farmers farms fatting beaſts feed feven fhall fheep fhould fide firſt fmall foil fome four fow three fow two bufhels fown fpade fpirited ftir ftone ftraw ftubbles fuch fufficient fummer grafs half harveſt hill hoed horfes horſes houſe hundred huſbandry inches Inclofed incloſures itſelf laft land landſcape letts loam maids 2 labourers man's wages manure miles milk moft Morpeth moſt Mowing muſt neceffary never hoe Newport Pagnel oxen Peafe Peaſe Penrith pleafing plough plow Potatoes Product quantity raiſed reckon rent 4 horfes rife rocks Rothbury ſeveral ſheep ſmall Soil ſtocking ſtone theſe thirty thoſe thouſand tillage Turneps twenty unhoed uſe waggons Wheat Barley Oats winter Women per day Wooburn wood young cattle
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Seite 289 - As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Seite 290 - Thefe are thy glorious works, Parent of good ! Almighty, thine this univerfal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; thyfelf how wondrous then ! Unfpeakable, who fitt'ft above thefe heavens, 156 To us invifible, or dimly feen In thefe thy loweft works ; yet thefe declare Thy goodnefs beyond thought, and power divine.
Seite 150 - ... too delicious to be imagined is, this beautiful sheet of water being dotted with no less than ten islands, distinctly comprehended by the eye ; all of the most bewitching beauty. The large one presents a waving various line, which rises from...
Seite 281 - Nature here Wantons as in her prime, and plays at will Her virgin fancies, pouring forth more sweet, Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss ! MILToN, B.
Seite 189 - Many low priced goods they make for North America, and many fine ones for the West Indies. The whole business was exceedingly brisk during the war, and very bad after the peace ; but now are pretty good again, though not equal to what they were during the war. All the revolutions of late in the North American affairs are felt severely by this branch.
Seite 148 - In landscapes you are either on a level with the objects, or look up to them ; the painter cannot give the declivity at your feet, which lessens the object as much in the perpendicular line, as in the horizontal one. You look down upon a noble winding valley of about twelve miles long, every where...
Seite 152 - ... good burthen, for the African and American trades. The only manufactory in the town is that of cabinet ware. Here are many...
Seite 254 - This is the most difficult work in the whole manufacture. A boy turns a perpendicular wheel, which, by means of thongs, turns a small horizontal one, just before the thrower, with such velocity, that it twirls round the lump of clay he lays on it, into any form he directs it with his fingers.
Seite 147 - For this purpose, you return to the village, and taking the by-road to the turnpike, mount the hill without turning your head (if I was your guide, I would conduct you behind a small hill, that you might come at once upon the view), till you almost gain the top, when you will be struck with astonishment at the prospect spread at your feet ; which...
Seite 191 - ... both for exportation and home consumption, but vastly more for the former than the latter. During the war the demand was extremely brisk : very dull upon the peace, but lately has arisen greatly, though not equal to the war ; and the interruptions caused by the convulsions in America, very severely felt by every workman in this branch : None ever offered for work but they at once had it, except upon the regulations of the colonies cutting off their trade with the Spaniards, and the stamp act....