My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 67
... obtained funds for the purchase of tools or materials . For the stocks he would beg odd bits of mahogany or walnut or oak from a cabinet - maker's shop , and carve them out care- fully with a pocket - knife to the exact shape of pistol ...
... obtained funds for the purchase of tools or materials . For the stocks he would beg odd bits of mahogany or walnut or oak from a cabinet - maker's shop , and carve them out care- fully with a pocket - knife to the exact shape of pistol ...
Page 68
... obtain from the tan - yard some partly tanned sac- shaped pieces of calf - skin which were of just the size required for a small - sized cricket - ball . These were stretched over the ball , stitched up closely on the one side , the ...
... obtain from the tan - yard some partly tanned sac- shaped pieces of calf - skin which were of just the size required for a small - sized cricket - ball . These were stretched over the ball , stitched up closely on the one side , the ...
Page 79
... obtained in no other way , I devote the present chapter to giving a short account of it . Mr. Webster was a small master builder , who had a work shop in a yard about five minutes ' walk from the house , where he constantly employed ...
... obtained in no other way , I devote the present chapter to giving a short account of it . Mr. Webster was a small master builder , who had a work shop in a yard about five minutes ' walk from the house , where he constantly employed ...
Page 82
... obtained almost wholly from the masters , and from " one or two scattered notices , " as regards hours of work ! But it is when he deals with the real value or purchasing power of this greatly exaggerated increase of wages that we find ...
... obtained almost wholly from the masters , and from " one or two scattered notices , " as regards hours of work ! But it is when he deals with the real value or purchasing power of this greatly exaggerated increase of wages that we find ...
Page 92
... obtained an engagement with a haberdasher at Stamford , who had a large business in the finest qualities of goods , which he supplied to all the nobility and gentry in the country round . The boy Owen was to have his board , lodging ...
... obtained an engagement with a haberdasher at Stamford , who had a large business in the finest qualities of goods , which he supplied to all the nobility and gentry in the country round . The boy Owen was to have his board , lodging ...
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