 But 1 have heard also that all the capital invested has not been unfrequently lost. It must be regarded as a precarious business, and one which requires special adaptation in the person who conducts it. And to this must be added the fact that it depends...  South Africa - Page 173de Anthony Trollope - 1878 - 4 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | bertha thomas - 1878 - 726 pages
...employ it to know all its conditions. * * « * * I may add with regard to ostrich-farming that I hare heard that 50 per cent per annum on the capital invested...be maintained by competition for their possession. Bnt ostrich-feathers may become a drug. When the nurse-maid affects them the duchess will cease to... | |
 | 1878 - 760 pages
...I have heard that 50 per cent per annum on the capital invested has been not uncommonly made. But 1 have heard also that all the capital invested has...maintained by competition for their possession. But ostrich-feathers may become a drug. When the nurse-maid affects them the duchess will cease to do so.'... | |
 | 1878 - 750 pages
...not uncommonly made. liut I have heard also that all the capital invested has not been unfrcquently lost. It must be regarded as a precarious business,...maintained by competition for their possession. But ostrich-feathers may become a drug. When the nurse-maid affects them the duchess will cease to do The... | |
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