The Present State of Great Britain and Ireland ...: Containing an Accurate and Impartial Account of These Famous Islands ...J. Brotherton, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, G. Strahan, W. Mears, R. Ware, E. Symon, and J. Clark, 1738 - 974 стор. |
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... yields to no Country in point of Fertility ; efpecially Fertility for Corn , Cattle , Fish and Flesh . As for its ... yield only Grafs for Sheep ; but they can't be faid to be altogether barren . Here is also abundance of Hares , wild ...
... yields to no Country in point of Fertility ; efpecially Fertility for Corn , Cattle , Fish and Flesh . As for its ... yield only Grafs for Sheep ; but they can't be faid to be altogether barren . Here is also abundance of Hares , wild ...
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... yields good Hemp and Flax . But the Land is commonly improv'd to better Ufes . And as for Leather , no Country yields better , nor in greater Quantity . For Building , ' tis true , here is no great Stock of Timber , which for the most ...
... yields good Hemp and Flax . But the Land is commonly improv'd to better Ufes . And as for Leather , no Country yields better , nor in greater Quantity . For Building , ' tis true , here is no great Stock of Timber , which for the most ...
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... yields abundance and Flowers . great Variety of Flowers , fome of them brought over from re- mote Parts , and others of English Growth . For Phyfical Ufes , here are abundance of Simples , most excel - Simples . lent Saffron and Honey ...
... yields abundance and Flowers . great Variety of Flowers , fome of them brought over from re- mote Parts , and others of English Growth . For Phyfical Ufes , here are abundance of Simples , most excel - Simples . lent Saffron and Honey ...
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... yields a fort of rugged Stone , but they re- with fuch delicate Veins , as exceed the Beauty of Marble . I have ... yielding Plenty of Crystal . The Pics Wa !! . Thanet . The Pics Wall is Chap . IV . 15 GREAT BRITAIN .
... yields a fort of rugged Stone , but they re- with fuch delicate Veins , as exceed the Beauty of Marble . I have ... yielding Plenty of Crystal . The Pics Wa !! . Thanet . The Pics Wall is Chap . IV . 15 GREAT BRITAIN .
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... yielding plenty of Corn , Cattle , Wild - fowl , Wooll , and Wood , efpecially Oak . The Thames and Kennet are its principal Rivers . It gives the Title of Earl to Henry Bowes Howard , the pre- fent Earl of Berkshire , defcended from ...
... yielding plenty of Corn , Cattle , Wild - fowl , Wooll , and Wood , efpecially Oak . The Thames and Kennet are its principal Rivers . It gives the Title of Earl to Henry Bowes Howard , the pre- fent Earl of Berkshire , defcended from ...
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