 It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder of the day ; and when he wished to weave a piece in a shorter time than usual,...  The Factory - Page 35by Jonathan Thayer Lincoln - 1912 - 109 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Guest - Cotton growing - 1823 - 110 pages
...this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1824 - 570 pages
...cotton; while the •warp, or longitudinal threads, was made of linen-yarn imported from Germany. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, before he could • ': collect collect from five or six spinners weft enough to employ him... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 pages
...this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1831 - 432 pages
...themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder of the day ; and when he wished to weave a piece in a shorter time... | |
 | Charles Knight - Labor - 1831 - 324 pages
...constantly employed. " It was no uncommon thing," he says, " for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder of the day ; and when he wished to weave a piece in a shorter time... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...this disadvantage very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a were superstitious beliefs and practices respecting horse-shoes. A weft to serve him for the remainder of the day ; and, when he wi-hed to weave a piece in a shorter... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Biography - 1833 - 764 pages
...this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder... | |
 | Biography - 1835 - 542 pages
...and labour in collecting VoL. V. 2 C materials for his daily work. Mr. Guest states, that " it was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on rive or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder... | |
 | Biography - 1835 - 312 pages
...and labour in collecting VOL. V. 2 C materials for his daily work. Mr. Guest states, that " it was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder... | |
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