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...f locations, as well as regaling us with anecdotes about towns and villages which he visits, including an account of the last armed rising on British soil - the Battle of Bossenden Wood. As well as accounts of his travels through the highways and byways of Kent in the footsteps of Dickens and his characters, he also wanders into the lanes of myth and legend, sometimes maki...

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... partner). Perc Test (Percolation) The test to determine the capability of the soil to absorb liquid, both for construction and septic systems. ... ... elevation, grade, and topography of the Property and to conduct engineering and soil boring tests as the Buyer deems necessary in order to determin...

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...e been jealous of him. And yet I am jealous of the air you breathe, of the soil you tread on, of the world that sees you—moving free—not mine. But nev... ...time of armours, castles, and great deeds. Oh, no! They stood on the naked soil, had traditions to be faithful to, had their feet on this earth of pas... ...towards the bungalow. She watched him go in—amazed—before she too left the soil of Malata. 64 Nobody disturbed Renouard in that room where he had shu... ...on lamp from the naked flame of which ascended a thin thread of smoke. Her soiled white stockings were full of holes. With the same quiet resolution w...

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...le underbrush and mushrooms lined the bottom of many of the trees. Huck-leberries, blueberries, and blackberries were growing out of the soft, tender soil. The trees got thicker the further he trod. In ten minutes, he had seen enough. He headed back to the clearing so he could erect his tent for the night... ...

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... to another growth that adapts more to the geological situations like climate, soil and water. Animal is alive when one part of the cells dying and...

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...ther than at Africa or Asia. Both World Wars were colonial wars fought on European soil. Moreover, Nazi Germany innovated by applying prevailing ra... ...very spouse of every Russian Jew while denying this privilege to Arabs born on its soil. South Africa had apartheid. Nazi Germany had the Nuremberg... ...her than at Africa or Asia. Both World Wars were colonial wars fought on European soil. Moreover, Nazi Germany innovated by applying prevailing ra... ... do the job. Still, a living tot is nothing like the abstract concept. Babies cry, soil themselves and their environment, stink, and severely disru... ...ther than at Africa or Asia. Both World Wars were colonial wars fought on European soil. Moreover, Nazi Germany innovated by applying to the white...

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...ther than at Africa or Asia. Both World Wars were colonial wars fought on European soil. Moreover, Nazi Germany innovated by applying prevailing ra... ...very spouse of every Russian Jew while denying this privilege to Arabs born on its soil. South Africa had apartheid. Nazi Germany had the Nuremberg... ...her than at Africa or Asia. Both World Wars were colonial wars fought on European soil. Moreover, Nazi Germany innovated by applying prevailing ra... ... do the job. Still, a living tot is nothing like the abstract concept. Babies cry, soil themselves and their environment, stink, and severely disru... ...ther than at Africa or Asia. Both World Wars were colonial wars fought on European soil. Moreover, Nazi Germany innovated by applying to the white...

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....” The unpleasant odor of feces reached her nostrils. Oh no! Poor Jake has soiled his pants. What to do? She drew closer and he shouted, “Get away. Le... ... edges of the interior space disappeared into black- ness. Jana could feel soil under her feet. Their captors shouted something which neither Jana nor...

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...s there not something ludicrous in the idea of submitting a square yard of soil and an estate of thou- sands of acres to the same legal formalities? T... ...p costs five sous, even supposing that the raw ma- terial is grown on good soil with special culture; three 76 Eve and David francs’ worth of sized p... ...great bunch of the yellow stone-crop which grows everywhere upon the stony soil of the vineyards, he came out upon a traveler dressed in black from he...

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... Of these exactions, yet the king our master— Whose honor heaven shield from soil!—even he escapes not Language unmannerly, yea, such which breaks The...

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...ist of Acronyms xii Forward by Ismail Serageldin xiii To The Reader xv Chapter 1. NATURAL RESOURCES 1 Concern 1 The Underlying Resources 3 Land and Soil 3 Water 7 Atmosphere 12 Biodiversity 15 Forests 17 Management of Natural Resources 19 Chapter 2. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 23 The Development of Modern Agriculture 23 Population and Food 27 Future Food Demand 30 The Agricul...

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..."Most of water on the earth is salty and yet most of the land is not. Over the millennia, salts have been washed from rocks and soils into the oceans where they have accumulated. Where the oceans meet the land then saline areas can form that have an unusual flora, one that tolerates salt concentrations lethal to most of our plant species. These salt-t...

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...as fresh as ever;—all this with singular rustic com- parisons, racy of the soil, and in raw Hampshire dialect, the waggoner came to a halt opposite th... ...ck of wit; he offered combat. ‘I ‘ll tell you what,’ said Laxley, ‘I never soil my hands with a blackguard; and a fellow who tries to make fun of Scri... ...you may not subsequently bring the charge against me of having led you to “soil your hands”—as your friend there terms it—I, with all the willingness ... ...e Cogglesby saloons, among pitiable bourgeoises— middle-class people daily soiled by the touch of tradesmen. They dragged her down. Their very homage ... ...f the stage), he had not exaggerated his pro- found melancholy. Of a light soil and with a tropical tem- perament, he had exhausted all lively recolle... ... and was told that they sprang from Farmer Conley, a well-to-do son of the soil, who farmed about a couple of thousand acres between Fallow field and ...

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...seful labour, and that of those who are not so employed. What- ever be the soil, climate, or extent of territory of any particular nation, the abundan... ...h competition in its manufactures, at least if those manufactures suit the soil, climate, and situation, of the rich country. The silks of France are ... ...any years together. Some natural productions require such a singularity of soil and situation, that all the land in a great country, which is fit for ... ...oductions, like the rent of some vineyards in France of a peculiarly happy soil and situation, bears no regular proportion to the rent of other equall... ...to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced; but in so cold a soil, and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies. It is not uncommon, I... ...ed, less profit can be made by the cultivation of what is inferior both in soil and situation, and less interest can be afforded for the stock which i... ... which had acquired that full complement of riches which the nature of its soil and climate, and its situation with 83 Adam Smith respect to other co... ...much inferior to what, with other laws and institutions, the nature of its soil, climate, and situation, might admit of. A country which neglects or d... ...such as can be raised almost anywhere, upon any light, gravelly , or sandy soil, and which has nothing to recommend it but its strength and wholesomen...

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...invaded our territory and shed the blood of our fellow-citizens on our own soil”; And again, in his message of December 8, 1846, that “we had ample ca... ...our own hands until Mexico herself be- came the aggressor, by invading our soil in hostile array, and shedding the blood of our citizens”; And yet aga... ...striking the first blow, and shedding the blood of our citizens on our own soil”; And whereas, This House is desirous to obtain a full knowledge of al... ... the blood of our citizens was so shed was or was not at that time our own soil: there- fore, Resolved, By the House of Representatives, that the Pres... ... The President, in his first war message of May, 1846, de- clares that the soil was ours on which hostilities were com- menced by Mexico, and he repea... ...ems to have occurred to him, as is certainly true, that title-ownership-to soil or anything else is not a simple fact, but is a conclusion following o... ...it was incumbent upon him to present the facts from which he concluded the soil was ours on which the first blood of the war was shed. Accordingly, a ... ...A true is- sue made by the President would be about as follows: “I say the soil was ours, on which the first blood was shed; there are those who say i... ...t no evasion—no equivoca- tion. And if, so answering, he can show that the soil was ours where the first blood of the war was shed,—that it was not wi...

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...I had not meant by my private ejaculation that I must myself cultivate the soil of the tangled enclosure which lay beneath the windows, but the lady w...

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...n some cases it fails after a certain age; and even as a cultivator of the soil brings water from afar by means of irrigation channels, so, from the s... ...alk; of a shoemaker, that he shall make shoes or boots; of a worker of the soil, that he 105 Balzac shall dig the ground and dung it; and is it a mor... ...this reason the soothsayer is almost always a beggar, whose mind is virgin soil, a creature coarse to all appearance, a pebble borne along the torrent... ...of food, chipped earthenware, corks used over and over again indefinitely, soiled table-linen, odds and ends that could descend but one step lower int... ... a stream of filthy ooze meanders among the cobblestones, filters into the soil, and produces the mud peculiar to the city. La Cibot came and went; bu...

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...ead? Might it not be ill for him at his age to transplant himself into new soil, to engage in new duties, and live among new people? Was he not useful... ...n order that the clerical dust and dinginess of Barchester Close might not soil the splendour of the marriage gala doings; for, to tell the truth, the...

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...es, indeed! Whose was the fault that there were in the church so many feet soiled by unmer- ited poverty, and so many hands soiled by undeserved wealt... .... He understood me, and since that day his foot has not pressed his native soil.’ ‘And was it all because you are so fond of your liberty?’ said Johnn... ...lking all night before he pressed his foot for the last time on his native soil; but he did not dare. As he said to himself afterwards, ‘It would not ... ... I say to you? My darling is as pure as the light of day —only that she is soiled with my impurity. She is fit to grace the house of the best gentlema... ...t himself bound to obey. So he entered the palace, rather cross, very much soiled as to his outer man; and in this condition went up a certain small s...

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...rican people why we're sending our young men to die in another war on foreign soil? Not to mention that our allies are the Mafia and Yakuza. This is... ...rd, Mr. President,” Franklin added, “I’m against any country operating on our soil." The president's face squeezed into a sour mask. "Well, we sure...