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Page 223
... were accounted an ample degree of labour : but , at present , fourteen or fifteen hours are required , boys and girls being made to begin before day - light , and to continue their labour until eight o'clock in the evening .
... were accounted an ample degree of labour : but , at present , fourteen or fifteen hours are required , boys and girls being made to begin before day - light , and to continue their labour until eight o'clock in the evening .
Page 331
I have always considered , that when grain and other provisions rose , both manufacturing and agricultural labour fell On the contrary , when provisions and grain fell , manufacturing and agricultural labour rose .
I have always considered , that when grain and other provisions rose , both manufacturing and agricultural labour fell On the contrary , when provisions and grain fell , manufacturing and agricultural labour rose .
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Machines for saving labour appear , at first view , to diminish the demand for labourers ; but as the value of the labour which is saved is an addition to the income of the owner , and as that ad- ditional income , if not bestowed on ...
Machines for saving labour appear , at first view , to diminish the demand for labourers ; but as the value of the labour which is saved is an addition to the income of the owner , and as that ad- ditional income , if not bestowed on ...
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Researches on the Antient Inhabitants | 1 |
Beauchamps Narrative of the Invasion | 2 |
Letter second to Lord Liverpool on | 31 |
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