The Quarterly Review, Volumes 289-290John Murray, 1951 |
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... navvies , and the distinction is important . Between navvies and labourers there was a wide gulf . The navvy Er was the aristocrat , the expert . He was paid twice as much as the labourer , and he emphasised his superiority by the ...
... navvies , and the distinction is important . Between navvies and labourers there was a wide gulf . The navvy Er was the aristocrat , the expert . He was paid twice as much as the labourer , and he emphasised his superiority by the ...
Page 502
navvies or labourers . Labourers could be just as riotous as navvies on occasion , and though the spectacle of navvies gravely singing hymns is one that beggars imagination , it is not completely impossible , since all kinds of ...
navvies or labourers . Labourers could be just as riotous as navvies on occasion , and though the spectacle of navvies gravely singing hymns is one that beggars imagination , it is not completely impossible , since all kinds of ...
Page 509
... navvies had to jump for it several times . A good many were injured , though only one was killed . When the navvies arrived for work on the cutting one day they found that the engineer in charge had contrived a rough lift or movable ...
... navvies had to jump for it several times . A good many were injured , though only one was killed . When the navvies arrived for work on the cutting one day they found that the engineer in charge had contrived a rough lift or movable ...
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