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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: that man is capable of moral evil; and he has permitted that we should be subject to moral evil, that we might do something to deserve eternal happinefs by showing that we had rectitude to avoid it. ESSAY III. On the Agriculture of the Netherlands JL He characteristic features of the Belgic peasants are, industry, great economy, and a strong attachment to the methods and customs of their prcdecefsors. They arc not, perhaps, so laborious as the peasants of some other countries, with regard to the quantity of labour they despatch; but they are inferior to few in their constancy at it, and in the unwearied patience wherewith they endeavour to overcome the difficulties that arise in their way. No part of their time is spent in idlenefs; nor do they let escape any opportunity of gain whih they can lay hold of. No object of this kind, be it ever so trifling, is to them indifferent; and though they be apparently dull and heavy in their behaviour, yet none are more clear-sighted wherever their interest is concerned, or sharper in laying hold of what is to their advantage. They show themselves, however, rather flow, in conceiving what makes against them. They live with great economy, both as to diet, clothes, and lodging. They are utter strangers to the ease and elegance of English farmers. Their food is chiefly milk, soup, and vegetables; apiece of bacon, with their greens or roots, is their principal animal food for the greatest part of the year. At their feasts and kermefses, a ham and a kind of pancakes called wofFels, are their chief delicacies. Tlic-ir drink is small beer, and a glafs ot cheap gin in the morning: wine is a great rarity with them. As to their clothing, it is certainly warm and comfortable, though coarse and rustic in its form. On Sundays and hol...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217481649 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217481647 |
| Weight | 0.75 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.52 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 226 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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