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Meanings of cultivate the ground in English

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Usage of cultivate the ground in English
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They are settled in villages, cultivate the ground, and have schools among them.
My First Voyage to Southern Seas
2
The poor Indians toil and spin, and cultivate the ground, being almost the only producers.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua
3
They are mere wanderers over the land, build no cities, nor permanently cultivate the ground.
A True Hero: A Story of the Days of William Penn
4
They neither cultivate the ground, nor tend cattle, but are dependent on the chase for animal food.
The World of Waters, Or, A Peaceful Progress O'er the Unpathed S...
5
A Member: Do you cultivate the ground?
Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at t...
6
He also commanded them that they should cultivate the ground, and pay an appointed tribute to the king.
Antiquities of the Jews
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I am trying now to cultivate the ground, I say nothing to make her dislike or distrust me.
Prudence of the Parsonage
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The Village Veddahs are a degree superior to them, as they live in huts, and roughly cultivate the ground.
My First Voyage to Southern Seas
9
The women cultivate the ground.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891
10
It is true that they do not cultivate the ground; but have they, therefore, no interest in its productions?
Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and ...
11
He expected to have received that; he did not know how to build a house nor to cultivate the ground.
The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the Nort...
12
These people live in good houses, cultivate the ground, and use canoes, and are a very intelligent and warlike people.
Manco, the Peruvian Chief / Or, An Englishman's Adventures in th...
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The greater part of them are Bedouins; and many even of those who cultivate the ground, pass some part of the
Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories...
14
It is natural to man to speak, to reason, to build cities, to cultivate the ground, though these are acquired faculties.
Utilitarianism
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It is natural to man to speak, to reason, to cultivate the ground, to build cities, though these are acquired faculties.
Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics
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No Australian tribe has ever been known to cultivate the ground, to use metals, pottery, or any kind of textile fabric.
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