A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1878 - Great Britain |
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... labours of Romilly , reformed the Criminal Code ; Huskisson , adopting the doctrines of Adam Smith , reformed the commercial system ; Canning , rejecting the principles of Castlereagh , reformed the policy of the Foreign Office ; a Tory ...
... labours of Romilly , reformed the Criminal Code ; Huskisson , adopting the doctrines of Adam Smith , reformed the commercial system ; Canning , rejecting the principles of Castlereagh , reformed the policy of the Foreign Office ; a Tory ...
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... Labour PAGE 344 346 348 349 · 350 . 353 · 356 • 357 360 • 362 • 364 370 370 • 371 · 372 373 375 376 378 379 380 • 381 382 383 383 · 384 • 385 • 386 · 386 387 • 389 389 390 391 394 398 398 • 399 • 400 401 Effects of the Peace Aggravated ...
... Labour PAGE 344 346 348 349 · 350 . 353 · 356 • 357 360 • 362 • 364 370 370 • 371 · 372 373 375 376 378 379 380 • 381 382 383 383 · 384 • 385 • 386 · 386 387 • 389 389 390 391 394 398 398 • 399 • 400 401 Effects of the Peace Aggravated ...
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... labour , were in a very different position . The wages of labour did not rise with the fall in the value of the currency , and therefore every labourer was worse off than before the The annuitant with a thousand a year had to pay 1007 ...
... labour , were in a very different position . The wages of labour did not rise with the fall in the value of the currency , and therefore every labourer was worse off than before the The annuitant with a thousand a year had to pay 1007 ...
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... labour . The lathe , in which the shuttle runs , was lengthened at both ends ; two strings were attached to its opposite ends ; the strings were held by a peg in the weaver's hands , and , by plucking the peg , the weaver was enabled to ...
... labour . The lathe , in which the shuttle runs , was lengthened at both ends ; two strings were attached to its opposite ends ; the strings were held by a peg in the weaver's hands , and , by plucking the peg , the weaver was enabled to ...
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... labour ' effected by the machine ' is immense : one of the cylinder machines , attended by a man and a boy , is actually capable of producing as much work as could be turned out by one hundred block printers , and as many tear boys.'1 ...
... labour ' effected by the machine ' is immense : one of the cylinder machines , attended by a man and a boy , is actually capable of producing as much work as could be turned out by one hundred block printers , and as many tear boys.'1 ...
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