The farmer's encyclopędia, and dictionary of rural affairs: embracing all the most recent discoveries in agricultural chemistry : adapted to the comprehension of unscientific readers |
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Page 158 - ... shall be guilty of felony ; and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for life, *or for any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding four years : and, if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit,) in addition to such imprisonment...
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| Title | The farmer's encyclopędia, and dictionary of rural affairs: embracing all the most recent discoveries in agricultural chemistry : adapted to the comprehension of unscientific readers Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature 1450-1850 Making of the modern economy |
| Author | Cuthbert William Johnson |
| Publisher | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2006 |
| Length | 1319 pages |
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