My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 54
... week after week and year after year , resulted in my knowing both the product of any two numbers up to twelve , and the chief towns of any English county so thoroughly , that the result was automatic , and the name of Staffordshire ...
... week after week and year after year , resulted in my knowing both the product of any two numbers up to twelve , and the chief towns of any English county so thoroughly , that the result was automatic , and the name of Staffordshire ...
Page 55
... week half the boys had a hot buttered roll instead of the bread - and - butter . These penny rolls were much larger than any I have seen in recent years , although this was in the corn - law days , and one of them was as much as any boy ...
... week half the boys had a hot buttered roll instead of the bread - and - butter . These penny rolls were much larger than any I have seen in recent years , although this was in the corn - law days , and one of them was as much as any boy ...
Page 65
... week regularly , while John may perhaps have had twopence , and it was very rarely that we got tips to the amount of the smaller silver coins . We were , therefore , obliged to save up for any little purchase required for our various ...
... week regularly , while John may perhaps have had twopence , and it was very rarely that we got tips to the amount of the smaller silver coins . We were , therefore , obliged to save up for any little purchase required for our various ...
Page 81
... weekly wages of carpenters at Man- chester as 24s . fifty years ago and 345. in 1883 , an increase of 42 per cent ... week for all the men employed . We see , therefore , that Mr. Giffen's general statement that wages have risen " in ...
... weekly wages of carpenters at Man- chester as 24s . fifty years ago and 345. in 1883 , an increase of 42 per cent ... week for all the men employed . We see , therefore , that Mr. Giffen's general statement that wages have risen " in ...
Page 82
... week end . Then , again , Mr. Giffen speaks of the shorter hours of work which from " one or two scattered notices " he estimates at nearly 20 per cent . , and then adds , " The work- man gets from 50 to 100 per cent . more money for 20 ...
... week end . Then , again , Mr. Giffen speaks of the shorter hours of work which from " one or two scattered notices " he estimates at nearly 20 per cent . , and then adds , " The work- man gets from 50 to 100 per cent . more money for 20 ...
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