My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 77
... land . My mother often took me with her when visiting such poor cottagers as were known to her , and my impression is that there was very little difference in the kind and degree of the rural poverty of that day and this ; and a few ...
... land . My mother often took me with her when visiting such poor cottagers as were known to her , and my impression is that there was very little difference in the kind and degree of the rural poverty of that day and this ; and a few ...
Page 79
... land - surveying . As I shared my brother's bedroom and bed , I was no trouble , and I suppose I was boarded at a very low rate . As the few months I spent here at the most impres- sionable age had some influence in moulding my ...
... land - surveying . As I shared my brother's bedroom and bed , I was no trouble , and I suppose I was boarded at a very low rate . As the few months I spent here at the most impres- sionable age had some influence in moulding my ...
Page 95
... land , belonged to the company . The character of the workers at New Lanark is thus described by Mr. W. L. Sargant in his work " Robert Owen and his Social Philosophy , " when describing the establishment of the mills about fifteen ...
... land , belonged to the company . The character of the workers at New Lanark is thus described by Mr. W. L. Sargant in his work " Robert Owen and his Social Philosophy , " when describing the establishment of the mills about fifteen ...
Page 106
... land - surveyor . The first work we had was to survey the parish of Higham Gobion for the commutation of the tithes . It was a small parish of about a thousand acres , with the church , vicarage , and a good farmhouse on the highest ...
... land - surveyor . The first work we had was to survey the parish of Higham Gobion for the commutation of the tithes . It was a small parish of about a thousand acres , with the church , vicarage , and a good farmhouse on the highest ...
Page 107
... land - surveying with us , and was a pleasant com- panion for me , especially as we were often left alone , when my brother was called away on other business , sometimes for a week at a time . Although the country north of Barton was ...
... land - surveying with us , and was a pleasant com- panion for me , especially as we were often left alone , when my brother was called away on other business , sometimes for a week at a time . Although the country north of Barton was ...
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