The North American Review, Volume 87Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1858 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 59
... labor expended upon it has been estimated as equivalent to lifting 15,733,000,000 of cubic feet of stone one foot high . Whereas , if in the same manner the labor expended in constructing the London and Birmingham Railway be reduced to ...
... labor expended upon it has been estimated as equivalent to lifting 15,733,000,000 of cubic feet of stone one foot high . Whereas , if in the same manner the labor expended in constructing the London and Birmingham Railway be reduced to ...
Page 316
... labor began as before with the early morning , but it ended only when he was obliged to sleep at night . No hour was allowed for reading , for recreation , or for pleasure . All was cheerfully consecrated to work . Woodstock went on at ...
... labor began as before with the early morning , but it ended only when he was obliged to sleep at night . No hour was allowed for reading , for recreation , or for pleasure . All was cheerfully consecrated to work . Woodstock went on at ...
Page 398
... labor comparatively easy and efficient . But even this does not furnish the primum mobile , the inducement to labor . In a state of barbarism , to which the theory is supposed to apply , sustenance can be obtained with little or no labor ...
... labor comparatively easy and efficient . But even this does not furnish the primum mobile , the inducement to labor . In a state of barbarism , to which the theory is supposed to apply , sustenance can be obtained with little or no labor ...
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GEORGE STEPHENSON | 21 |
THE MISSOURI VALLEY AND THE GREAT PLAINS | 66 |
Les Parlements de France Essai Historique | 94 |
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