Descriptive Essays, Հատոր 2J. Murray, 1857 |
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... boy above twelve ) slept in one of the rooms and in one bed ; the rest slept all together in the room in which their cooking , working , and eating were performed . The medical officer of the Bicester Union has witnessed a father , a ...
... boy above twelve ) slept in one of the rooms and in one bed ; the rest slept all together in the room in which their cooking , working , and eating were performed . The medical officer of the Bicester Union has witnessed a father , a ...
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... boy of four years , had to sleep ; —a daughter of eighteen , a son of twelve , a son of ten , and a daughter of eight , had a second bed ; —and in the third were three sons , aged twenty , sixteen , and fourteen . The greatest instances ...
... boy of four years , had to sleep ; —a daughter of eighteen , a son of twelve , a son of ten , and a daughter of eight , had a second bed ; —and in the third were three sons , aged twenty , sixteen , and fourteen . The greatest instances ...
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... boys , and that there were scarcely any men of mature age amongst them . Those of age and experience , it was stated , generally disapproved of the proceedings of the meetings , as injurious to the working classes themselves . These ...
... boys , and that there were scarcely any men of mature age amongst them . Those of age and experience , it was stated , generally disapproved of the proceedings of the meetings , as injurious to the working classes themselves . These ...
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... boys , ' who were furious , and knew not what they were about . The predominance of a young and violent majority was general . " In the Metropolis the experience is similar . The mobs against which the police have to guard come from the ...
... boys , ' who were furious , and knew not what they were about . The predominance of a young and violent majority was general . " In the Metropolis the experience is similar . The mobs against which the police have to guard come from the ...
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... boy , had power to desert to the Allies with the valuable intelligence of Napoleon's intended advance upon Char- leroi ; —if the French peasantry on the frontier , inter- mingled by marriage with those in Belgium , had either no ...
... boy , had power to desert to the Allies with the valuable intelligence of Napoleon's intended advance upon Char- leroi ; —if the French peasantry on the frontier , inter- mingled by marriage with those in Belgium , had either no ...
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