 | John McGilchrist - 1860 - Liczba stron: 404
...the calico manufacture could not keep pace with the growing demand. We are told that at this time " it was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...collect weft to serve him for the remainder of the day." z : Now, it was desired on all hands to devise some expedient by which this awkward position might... | |
 | Perseverance - 1862 - Liczba stron: 310
...with 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 fiv« or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder of the day ; and... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1863 - Liczba stron: 312
...neighbours in spinning for them, and consequently to pay a higher price than their masters allowed. ' It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon or gown was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner.' 62 AN IfiNOnANT WIFE. 6. The want existing,... | |
 | James Hamilton Fyfe - 1863 - Liczba stron: 270
...could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly at work. It was no uncommon thing, we learn, for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he cottld collect weft to serve him for the rest of the day. Arkwright must have been constantly hearing... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1865 - Liczba stron: 594
...with this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...and call on five or six spinners, before he could *.**!•" Treasures of Traffic," by Lewis Roberts, as quoted In Supplement to " Encyclopedia Britanmca,"... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1865 - Liczba stron: 590
...with this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...and call on five or six spinners, before he could * See " Treasures of Traffic," by Lewis Roberts, as quoted in Supplement to " Encyclopedia Britannica,"... | |
 | Ralph Temple (miscellaneous writer.) - 1865 - Liczba stron: 488
...them constantly increasing prices, and to submit without complaint to their caprices. It was a common thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and to call on five or six spinners before he could collect material enough for the remainder of his day's... | |
 | 1869 - Liczba stron: 890
...even with this disadvantage very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...five or six spinners before he could collect weft enough to serve him for the remainder of the day ; and when he wished to weave a piece in a shorter... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1866 - Liczba stron: 552
...extremely slow. Mr. Quest, in his ' History of the Cotton Manufacture,' tells us, that at thia time; " it was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four milei in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for... | |
 | Ralph Temple (miscellaneous writer.) - 1870 - Liczba stron: 288
...them constantly increasing prices, and to submit without complaint to their caprices. It was a common thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and to call on five or six spinners before he could collect material enough for the remainder of his day's... | |
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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,... 
