On Labour: Its Wrongful Claims and Rightful Dues, Its Actual Present and Possible FutureMacmillan, 1870 - 499 pages |
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... week he may supply himself with a square yard of Illustrated News , ' adorned with wood engravings that Bewick might have been proud of ; while he may , at his choice , have either a wonderful pennyworth of ' Daily News ' entirely to ...
... week he may supply himself with a square yard of Illustrated News , ' adorned with wood engravings that Bewick might have been proud of ; while he may , at his choice , have either a wonderful pennyworth of ' Daily News ' entirely to ...
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... week in part of Warwickshire , and 5s . a week in part of Devonshire , that in 1682 it was 6s . a week in part of Suffolk , and in 1661 , 7s . a week in part of Essex , he at once adopts the lowest of these rates as that which pre ...
... week in part of Warwickshire , and 5s . a week in part of Devonshire , that in 1682 it was 6s . a week in part of Suffolk , and in 1661 , 7s . a week in part of Essex , he at once adopts the lowest of these rates as that which pre ...
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... week by his handiwork at the ' mean , scoundrel employ- ment of tilemaking . ' Turning to manufactures , he says nothing was more common than for journeymen weavers to earn from 15s . to 30s . a week ; and he appeals to silk throwsters ...
... week by his handiwork at the ' mean , scoundrel employ- ment of tilemaking . ' Turning to manufactures , he says nothing was more common than for journeymen weavers to earn from 15s . to 30s . a week ; and he appeals to silk throwsters ...
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... week in money , was nevertheless enabled , as we are expressly told he was , ' to live much better ' than working men ' in any of the manu- facturing countries of Germany , France , or Italy . ' When this was the case in Yorkshire ...
... week in money , was nevertheless enabled , as we are expressly told he was , ' to live much better ' than working men ' in any of the manu- facturing countries of Germany , France , or Italy . ' When this was the case in Yorkshire ...
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... week or less , so likewise are there now , and the explanation is the same in both cases , and is to be sought in the local decay or in the migration of particular employments . Thus the invention of the knitting frame had caused ...
... week or less , so likewise are there now , and the explanation is the same in both cases , and is to be sought in the local decay or in the migration of particular employments . Thus the invention of the knitting frame had caused ...
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