A more rational system of cropping now began to take the place of the thriftless and barbarous practice of sowing successive crops of corn until the land was utterly exhausted, and then leaving it foul with weeds to recover its power by an indefinite period of rest. [Please select]
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Phrases for Study: rival for one hour, hush of woods, belated, thriftless vagrant, count like misers, satin burs, count all your boasts, idle, golden freighting. [Please select]
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"A small stipend secured to my thriftless kinsman, Willie Hamilton, by the advice and with the aid of my son Hector." [Please select]
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He does not intend to spend many years in mining, or if he does, he has become thriftless and improvident. [Please select]
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So thriftless were the antiquated methods he followed that the lawyer, as he watched him, could barely repress a smile. [Please select]
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Maria's gaze wandered inquiringly in the direction of the house, which had a disordered and thriftless air. [Please select]
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"And he's been an ungrateful, thriftless free Negro for nearly thirty years--" "That's just it--for not quite thirty years." [Please select]
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