Prize Essay on the Evils which are Produced by Late Hours of Business: And on the Benefits which Would Attend Their AbridgementJ. Nisbet, 1843 - 39 էջ |
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... thought , " said an eminent draper , at a late meeting of the Metropolitan Drapers ' Association , " I was living to injure my fellow - creatures , or if I thought oppressions marked my steps in life , I should hope that God would take ...
... thought , " said an eminent draper , at a late meeting of the Metropolitan Drapers ' Association , " I was living to injure my fellow - creatures , or if I thought oppressions marked my steps in life , I should hope that God would take ...
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... palaces of princes . Perhaps few of the fair purchasers who admire these shops and their contents ever bestow a thought upon the condition of the young men who so blandly and politely B serve in them . Yet it is a mournful fact ESSAY, ...
... palaces of princes . Perhaps few of the fair purchasers who admire these shops and their contents ever bestow a thought upon the condition of the young men who so blandly and politely B serve in them . Yet it is a mournful fact ESSAY, ...
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... thought to give customers the impression that there is but little business done . Be it also observed that while the mechanic or day - labourer has half - an - hour allowed him for breakfast , and an hour for dinner , out of his twelve ...
... thought to give customers the impression that there is but little business done . Be it also observed that while the mechanic or day - labourer has half - an - hour allowed him for breakfast , and an hour for dinner , out of his twelve ...
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... thoughts ; but , when neg- lected , it is at best but a useless encumbrance , an unpro- ductive waste , and too often it is a hotbed of folly and vice . Whatever system then , necessarily prevents the cultivation of the intellect , is ...
... thoughts ; but , when neg- lected , it is at best but a useless encumbrance , an unpro- ductive waste , and too often it is a hotbed of folly and vice . Whatever system then , necessarily prevents the cultivation of the intellect , is ...
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... thoughts , the profound medita- tions , the deep researches , and the marvellous discoveries , which gifted men , age after age , have given forth to the world , and which are now enshrined in books - are to them hid treasure after ...
... thoughts , the profound medita- tions , the deep researches , and the marvellous discoveries , which gifted men , age after age , have given forth to the world , and which are now enshrined in books - are to them hid treasure after ...
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