Eighteenth-century London LifeJ. Murray, 1937 - 385 pages |
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... paid Id . at each gate . A cart or carriage with one horse paid 41d . , a vehicle drawn by four horses paid 1s . 6d . Cattle , sheep and pigs were charged by the score . It was said that each coach contributed £ 7 a year in tolls for ...
... paid Id . at each gate . A cart or carriage with one horse paid 41d . , a vehicle drawn by four horses paid 1s . 6d . Cattle , sheep and pigs were charged by the score . It was said that each coach contributed £ 7 a year in tolls for ...
Page 78
... paid low wages . In 1771 the sail - cloth weavers informed the Middlesex justices that they could only earn 9s . a week , and that wages had , in fact , declined since the early days of the century . The frame - work knitters got 95. or ...
... paid low wages . In 1771 the sail - cloth weavers informed the Middlesex justices that they could only earn 9s . a week , and that wages had , in fact , declined since the early days of the century . The frame - work knitters got 95. or ...
Page 79
... paid ; but there were doubtless many horrible cases of sweating . Women's work , especially the stitching of ready - made garments , and all kinds of needlework , was generally very poorly paid . Hood's " Song of the Shirt " was written ...
... paid ; but there were doubtless many horrible cases of sweating . Women's work , especially the stitching of ready - made garments , and all kinds of needlework , was generally very poorly paid . Hood's " Song of the Shirt " was written ...
Contents
LONDONS ASPECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS | 8 |
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION | 26 |
THE LIFE OF THE UPPER CLASSES | 40 |
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