Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 168W. Blackwood, 1900 - Scotland |
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Page 30
... yards , were utterly ruined . For the vines had to be tended all the same , and the vignerons , now refusing to run the risk of the à moitié system , had to be paid wages , so that it be- came a great outlay for an inadequate return ...
... yards , were utterly ruined . For the vines had to be tended all the same , and the vignerons , now refusing to run the risk of the à moitié system , had to be paid wages , so that it be- came a great outlay for an inadequate return ...
Page 44
... yards ahead of them , in single file . They would walk so along the widest and flattest causeway in the world : it is the habit which the treading their shoulder - narrow tracks in the forests , all bestrewn with stumbling - blocks ...
... yards ahead of them , in single file . They would walk so along the widest and flattest causeway in the world : it is the habit which the treading their shoulder - narrow tracks in the forests , all bestrewn with stumbling - blocks ...
Page 45
... yards ooze away between sunset and sunrise . So Signor Virgil is given a contract , and keeps twenty - five miles of this road in repair . It will be easily understood how in a country like this the labour - supply is his chief ...
... yards ooze away between sunset and sunrise . So Signor Virgil is given a contract , and keeps twenty - five miles of this road in repair . It will be easily understood how in a country like this the labour - supply is his chief ...
Page 46
roots . ing , a grey , smooth , unbroken bole , fifty yards in length , with the river snarling among the branches at its head , deep below us , and a rood of earth hanging above on its upturned Here was an obstacle ; but already a ...
roots . ing , a grey , smooth , unbroken bole , fifty yards in length , with the river snarling among the branches at its head , deep below us , and a rood of earth hanging above on its upturned Here was an obstacle ; but already a ...
Page 47
... yards across , with the tree - tops rising so steep all round it that the sun ( I found ) did not rise over them till past eight , and seldom broke through the white mist for another hour . Pushing our way through the bushes of the ...
... yards across , with the tree - tops rising so steep all round it that the sun ( I found ) did not rise over them till past eight , and seldom broke through the white mist for another hour . Pushing our way through the bushes of the ...
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