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... Knowledge - Thrift of Conduct - Thrift of Industry- Selection of Occupation - Clerkships - Unsuspected Ignorance - Deceptive Appear- ances - Disqualified for Emigration - Scholarships - Erroneous Policy - Lamentable Failures - Retail ...
... Knowledge - Thrift of Conduct - Thrift of Industry- Selection of Occupation - Clerkships - Unsuspected Ignorance - Deceptive Appear- ances - Disqualified for Emigration - Scholarships - Erroneous Policy - Lamentable Failures - Retail ...
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... KNOWLEDGE . At this time he could neither read nor write . His ambition to master reading was owing to his desire to study in books the works of previous engine inventors ; and , with that object in view , he put himself under a poor ...
... KNOWLEDGE . At this time he could neither read nor write . His ambition to master reading was owing to his desire to study in books the works of previous engine inventors ; and , with that object in view , he put himself under a poor ...
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... knowledge of reading and writing then customarily imparted in Scotland to the sons of working parents . With this small fund of the barest elements of knowledge , he was put apprentice to a working mechanic in the iron trade . Had he ...
... knowledge of reading and writing then customarily imparted in Scotland to the sons of working parents . With this small fund of the barest elements of knowledge , he was put apprentice to a working mechanic in the iron trade . Had he ...
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Stepping-stone. As a consequence of his superior knowledge , so acquired and followed up , he became qualified , at a very early period of his manhood , for positions requiring more than average appreciation of what he was about ...
Stepping-stone. As a consequence of his superior knowledge , so acquired and followed up , he became qualified , at a very early period of his manhood , for positions requiring more than average appreciation of what he was about ...
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... knowledge . Suddenly appearing at Stourbridge , his description of his adventures excited much observation , and induced certain possessors of capital to embark it in the erection of buildings and machines , under Richard Foley's ...
... knowledge . Suddenly appearing at Stourbridge , his description of his adventures excited much observation , and induced certain possessors of capital to embark it in the erection of buildings and machines , under Richard Foley's ...
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Page 50 - Act, and in which neither steam, water, nor other mechanical power is used in aid of the manufacturing process carried on there...
Page 168 - So much of § 23 of the principal act as defines the term 'trade union,' except the proviso qualifying such definition, is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof be it enacted as follows:— "The term 'trade union" means any combination, whether temporary or permanent, for regulating the relations between workmen and masters, or between workmen and workmen, or between masters and masters, or for imposing restrictive conditions on the conduct of any trade or business...
Page 169 - Nothing in this Act shall enable any court to entertain any legal proceeding instituted with the object of directly enforcing or recovering damages for the breach of any of the following agreements namely, 1.
Page 169 - Any agreement between members of a trade union as such concerning the conditions on which any members for the time being of such trade union shall or shall not sell their goods, transact business, employ or be employed.
Page 169 - ... (a) to provide benefits to members ; or (b) to furnish contributions to any employer or workman not a member of such trade union, in consideration of such employer or workman acting in conformity with the rules or resolutions of such trade union ; or...
Page 249 - In proposing to themselves, as the chief aim of their enterprise, a combination of accuracy, compactness, comprehensiveness and cheapness, the publishers have achieved a success which cannot fail to be appreciated by the public.
Page 253 - Coloured Figures, showing the modern mode of sending Dishes to Table. 2. Beeton's Dictionary of Every-Day Gardening. A Popular Encyclopaedia of the Theory and Practice of Horticulture. With many Engravings and Coloured Plates, made after original Water-Colour Drawings. 3. The Manners of Polite Society; or, Etiquette for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Families. Illustrated. BEETON'S "ALL ABOUT IT
Page 154 - No society can be registered under a name identical with that under which any other existing society is registered, or so nearly resembling such name as to be likely, or in any name likely, in the opinion of the registrar, to deceive the members or the public as to its identity ; and no society can change its name without the sanction of the chief or an assistant registrar.
Page 82 - Term of seven years [or until the full age of twenty-one] from thence next following, to be fully complete and ended, during which term the said apprentice his Master faithfully shall serve, his secrets keep, his lawful commands everywhere gladly do.