 | Sir Edward Baines - 1835 - 656 páginas
...guineas per annum. The father of a t'miilv would earn from eight shillings to half-a-guinea at hi* loom; and his sons, if he had one, two, or three alongside...six or eight shillings each per week : but the great sheet-anchor of all cottages and small farms, was the labour attached to the handwheel ; and when it... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1835 - 838 páginas
...Cottage rents that time, with convenient loom-ihop, and a small garden attached, were from one and a half to two guineas per annum. The father of a family would earn from eight shillings to half a guinea at his loom ; and his sons, if he had one, two, or three alongside of him, six or eight... | |
 | P. Gaskell - 1836 - 436 páginas
...cotton, except a few weeks in harvest. The father of a family would earn eight shillings or half a guinea at his loom, and his sons, if he had one, two, or...six or eight shillings each per week ; but the great sheetanchor of all cottages and small farms was the labour attached to the hand-wheel : and when it... | |
 | Peter Gaskell - 1836 - 438 páginas
...cotton, except a few weeks in harvest. The father of a family would earn eight shillings or half a guinea at his loom, and his sons, if he had one, two, or...six or eight shillings each per week ; but the great sheetanchor of all cottages and small farms was the labour attached to the hand-wheel : and when it... | |
 | P. Gaskell - 1836 - 456 páginas
...cotton, except a few weeks in harvest. The father of a family would earn eight shillings or half a guinea at his loom, and his sons, if he had one, two, or...alongside of him, six or eight shillings each per week; hut the great sheetanchor of all cottages and small farms was the lahour attached to the hand-wheel:... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1843 - 242 páginas
...rents at that time, with a convenient loom-shop, and a small garden attached, were from one and a half to two guineas per annum. The father of a family would...six or eight shillings each per week ; but the great sheet-anchor of all cottages and small farms, was the labour attached to the hand-wheel ; and when... | |
 | Francis Espinasse - 1874 - 494 páginas
...half to two guineas per annum. The father of a family would earn from eight shillings to half a guinea at his loom, and his sons, if he had one, two, or three alongside of him, six or eight shillings per week ; but the great sheet-anchor of all cottages and small farms was the labour attached to the... | |
 | Francis Espinasse - 1874 - 494 páginas
...Cottage-rents at that time, with convenient loom-shop and a small garden attached, were from one and a half to two guineas per annum. The father of a family would earn from eight shillings to half a guinea at his loom, and his sons, if he had one, two, or three alongside of him, six or eight... | |
 | Richard Whately Cooke-Taylor - 1886 - 472 páginas
...rents at that time, with a convenient loom shop and a small garden attached, were from one and a half to two guineas per annum. The father of a family would earn from eight shillings to half a guinea at his loom ; and his sons, if he had one, two, or three alongside of him, six or eight... | |
 | Lloyd Jones - 1889 - 276 páginas
...rents at that time, with convenient loom-shop and a small garden attached, were from one and a half to two guineas per annum. The father of a family would earn from eight shillings to half a guinea at his loom, and his sons, if he had one or two or three alongside him, six or eight... | |
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The father of a family would earn from eight shillings to half-a-guinea at his loom; and his sons, if he had one, two, or three alongside of him, six or eight shillings each per week : but the great sheetanchor of all cottages and small farms, was the... 
