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  • "It's a recipe for making sure that European agriculture gets stuck in a siding rather than being one of the most productive regions in the world," says William Martin, a 50-year-old who farms wheat, sugar beet, potatoes and beans near Littleport, U.K. Mr.

    EU Proposes New Limits on Farm Subsidies John W. Miller 2011

  • Did I tell you that, in Littleport, Mistress Ramp turned her whole house over to us, for a whole watch, for free?

    Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998

  • Portum Pusillum be Littleport, in the same country?

    Notes and Queries, Number 07, December 15, 1849 Various

  • Portum Pusillum, if not Littleport, was a place upon the Cam or the

    Notes and Queries, Number 15, February 9, 1850 Various

  • The resentment of laboring men found expression in riotous meetings at Manchester, Littleport and

    A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914

  • Towards evening, as they were entering the river which runs up to Littleport, he made decided progress under the skipper's ministrations; and the latter thrust his huge head up the hatchway and grinned in excusable triumph at the mate as he imparted the news.

    More Cargoes 1897 1903

  • Towards evening, as they were entering the river which runs up to Littleport, he made decided progress under the skipper's ministrations; and the latter thrust his huge head up the hatchway and grinned in excusable triumph at the mate as he imparted the news.

    Sea Urchins 1903

  • There was bad blood between the captain and mate who comprised the officers and crew of the sailing-barge "_Swallow_"; and the outset of their voyage from London to Littleport was conducted in glum silence.

    Sea Urchins 1903

  • There was bad blood between the captain and mate who comprised the officers and crew of the sailing-barge "_Swallow_"; and the outset of their voyage from London to Littleport was conducted in glum silence.

    More Cargoes 1897 1903

  • Slowly the light faded out of the sky, and the banks of the river grew indistinct; and one by one the lights of Littleport came into view as they rounded the last bend of the river, and saw the little town lying behind its veil of masts and rigging.

    More Cargoes 1897 1903

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