Economy of the Labouring ClassesSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1857 - 491 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 31
Seite 205
... Liverpool a large population crowded together in cellars , until an Act of Parliament drove them out . Yet it would be a most incorrect inference , to say on this account , that the working classes of England are ill lodged generally ...
... Liverpool a large population crowded together in cellars , until an Act of Parliament drove them out . Yet it would be a most incorrect inference , to say on this account , that the working classes of England are ill lodged generally ...
Seite 217
... Liverpool . In the census for 1851 we find all the particulars illustra- tive of this point , and an epitome of the results is given by Mr. Cheshire in a short pamphlet published in 1853. He says " The possession of an entire house is ...
... Liverpool . In the census for 1851 we find all the particulars illustra- tive of this point , and an epitome of the results is given by Mr. Cheshire in a short pamphlet published in 1853. He says " The possession of an entire house is ...
Seite 218
... 6.92 29 7 7.45 99 9 , 8.77 " " " " ..about 10 , 10.09 " " In Gloucester , rather more than In Bristol , In Liverpool , ... In Durham , In City of London , In Plymouth , In Edinburgh , .... about 20 , 20.57 " " 218 CHAPTER X.
... 6.92 29 7 7.45 99 9 , 8.77 " " " " ..about 10 , 10.09 " " In Gloucester , rather more than In Bristol , In Liverpool , ... In Durham , In City of London , In Plymouth , In Edinburgh , .... about 20 , 20.57 " " 218 CHAPTER X.
Seite 248
... Liverpool is attri buted to the salubrity of the air , and progressive improve- ment in its trade , " & c . The salubrity of the air ! in a borough remarkable , as it has turned out , for a rate of mortality that exceeds by far even ...
... Liverpool is attri buted to the salubrity of the air , and progressive improve- ment in its trade , " & c . The salubrity of the air ! in a borough remarkable , as it has turned out , for a rate of mortality that exceeds by far even ...
Seite 251
... Liverpool thirty- six , we must say that the excess of Birmingham was four , while that of Liverpool was fourteen : and therefore , that the excess of Liverpool was 3 times as great as that of Birmingham . * Registrar General , 8vo ...
... Liverpool thirty- six , we must say that the excess of Birmingham was four , while that of Liverpool was fourteen : and therefore , that the excess of Liverpool was 3 times as great as that of Birmingham . * Registrar General , 8vo ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
advantage appears apprentice Arthur Young Birmingham borough bread cause clothes common rights Communes of France condition considerable corvée cottar cultivation doubt drinking earn employer England English example existence fact farm farmers favourable French frugality furniture give habits half Hutton improvidence income individual Ireland Irish labourers land landlord Le Play less Liverpool living Malthus Manchester manufacturing marriage married master means meat mechanics Merionethshire metayer middle classes mode nation Norway number of deaths offences organisation ourselves paid parish peasants persons Play Play's poor law population possessed potatoes present prevails principal Pyrenées rag-picker real mortality regard régime of patronage remarks rent Russia Salford seems seigneur serfs Sheffield shillings a week slave society Solingen suppose teetotalism thing tion told towns trade Ural Mountains wages wife workmen Young Young's France
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 121 - Disrespect or anything tending towards sauciness he may punish with his cane or his horsewhip with the most perfect security. A poor man would have his bones broken if he offered to lift his hand in his own defence. Knocking down is spoken of in the country in a manner that makes an Englishman stare.
Seite 213 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
Seite 98 - It happened, that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them. For the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations ; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist. My arguments perverted some others, particularly Collins and Ralph ; but, each of...
Seite 409 - That the condition of a slave is better under an arbitrary than under a free government, is, I believe, supported by the history of all ages and nations.
Seite 122 - The execution of the laws lies very much in the hands of justices of the peace, many of whom are drawn from the most illiberal class in the kingdom.
Seite 373 - ... cauld, and had a sair heart, whilk is warst ava', wi' just tippence in your pouch, wadna ye be glad to buy a dram wi't, to be eilding and claise, and a supper, and heart's ease into the bargain, till the morn's morning?
Seite 98 - Some books against deism fell into my hands; they were said to be the substance of the sermons which had been preached at Boyle's lectures. It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them, for the arguments of the deists which were quoted to be refuted appeared to me much stronger than the refutations. In short, I soon became a thorough deist.
Seite 98 - Some books against Deism fell into my hands; they were said to be the substance of sermons preached at Boyle's Lectures. It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist.
Seite 115 - Mark the Irishman's potato bowl placed on the floor, the whole family upon their hams around it, devouring a quantity almost incredible, the beggar seating himself to it with a hearty welcome, the pig taking his share as readily as the wife, the cocks, hens, turkeys, geese, the cur, the cat, and perhaps the cow — and all partaking of the same dish.
Seite 91 - ... saw him at work ; but it is a wonder and a fact, that I never saw him perform one act but I could perform it myself, so strong was the desire to attain the art. I made no secret of my progress, and the bookseller rather encouraged me, and that for two reasons : I bought such rubbish as...