The Quarterly Review, Volume 108William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1860 |
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Page 88
... earned more than 6s . a week , whereas now many of them earn from 12s . to 18s . a week , with nine hours less labour . * When these circumstances are taken into account , it will be found - what otherwise might have seemed incredible ...
... earned more than 6s . a week , whereas now many of them earn from 12s . to 18s . a week , with nine hours less labour . * When these circumstances are taken into account , it will be found - what otherwise might have seemed incredible ...
Page 98
... earning the highest wages . Unhappily the ability to earn money by skilled labour does not necessarily bring with it either wisdom or prudence . Hence do we often find labourers earning from 12s . to 18s . a week happier in their homes ...
... earning the highest wages . Unhappily the ability to earn money by skilled labour does not necessarily bring with it either wisdom or prudence . Hence do we often find labourers earning from 12s . to 18s . a week happier in their homes ...
Page 104
... earn a vast deal of money in the mills ; but the house is meanwhile neglected , and becomes merely a sleeping and eating place . The girls learn how to earn money , but not how to lay it out to the best advantage . They make capital ...
... earn a vast deal of money in the mills ; but the house is meanwhile neglected , and becomes merely a sleeping and eating place . The girls learn how to earn money , but not how to lay it out to the best advantage . They make capital ...
Contents
Tribes Presented to both Houses of Parliament | 120 |
Memoir of the Life of the late Ary Scheffer By | 162 |
A Handbook for Travellers in Wiltshire Dorsetshire | 200 |
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