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GENERAL VIEW
OF THE
AGN ICUETURE
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COUNTY of SOMERSET,
OBSERVATIONS ON
THE MEANS OF ITS IMPROVEMENT. DRAWN UP IN THE YEAR 1795,
FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD OF AGRICUL- TURE AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
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JOHN BILLINGSLEY, Efq; Of ASHWICK-GROVE, near SHEPTON-MALLET AND NOW RE-PRINTED
With considerable ADDITIONS and AMENDMENTS, Accompanied with the REMARKS of some respeßRable GENTLEMEN and FARMERS in the COUNTY. — CCD SECOND EDITION, —ooCO|CPIIII—
In urbe luxuria creatur: Ex luxuria exiſtat avaritia neceſſe eft: Ex avaritia erumpit audacia; Inde omnia scelera ac maleficia gignuntur. Vita autem hæc rustica quam tu agrestim vocas, parsimoniæ, diligentiæ, justitiæ, magistra est.
Tullii Orat. pro Sext. Roscio.
The City creates luxury; from luxury necessarily proceeds rapaciousness; and from rapaciousness breaks forth insolence: Thence are engendered all villainy and wicked deeds: But this country life, which you call clowniſh, is ¿he regulator of æconomy,
industry, and justice.
BATH, PRINTED BY R. CRUTTWELL, FOR THE AUTHOR; AND SOLD BY C. DITLY, POULTRY, LONDON:
MDCC XCVIII


