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The Monarchy of the Middle Classes: France, Social, Literary, Political ... - Page 274
by Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer - 1836 - 324 pages
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History of the middle and working classes

John Wade - Great Britain - 1833 - 674 pages
...the ex-i Miration of the hour, they are &J' again employed in the workshops or ittiHs, where ti^ey continue until Seven o'clock, Or a' later hour, when...generally again indulge in the use of tea, often mingled vrith spirits accompanied by a little bread. Oatmeal or potatoes are however taken by some a second...
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History of the Middle and Working Classes: With a Popular Exposition of the ...

John Wade - Great Britain - 1835 - 640 pages
...sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with an animal eagerness...mingled with spirits accompanied by a little bread. Oatmeal or potatoes are however taken by some a second time in the evening. The comparatively innutritious...
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England and the English

Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - Social Science - 1836 - 906 pages
...fried fat bacon are sometimes mingled with them, and but seldom a little meat. They all plnnge their spoons into the dish, and with an animal eagerness...the cravings of their appetite. At the expiration ol the faonr, they are all again <;mplo\r<l in ilu< workshops or mills, where they continue until seven...
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The Eclectic Journal of Medicine ...

John Bell - 1837 - 464 pages
...sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or, they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with an animal eagerness...again employed in the workshops or mills, where they generally again indulge in the use of tea, often mingled with spirits, accompanied by a little bread....
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The Quarterly review, Volume 57

1836 - 564 pages
...sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or, they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with an animal eagerness...again employed in the workshops or mills, where they generally again indulge in the use of tea, often mingled with spirits, accompanied by a little bread....
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The philosophy of necessity, or, The law of consequences: as applicable to ...

Charles Bray - Cooperation - 1841 - 694 pages
...sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with an animal eagerness...mingled with spirits, accompanied by a little bread. The population nourished on this aliment is crowded into one dense mass, in cottages separated by narrow,...
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The Philosophy of Necessity: Or, The Law of Consequences; as ..., Volume 2

Charles Bray - Cooperation - 1841 - 380 pages
...sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with an animal eagerness...mingled with spirits, accompanied by a little bread. The population nourished on this aliment is crowded into one dense mass, in cottages separated by narrow,...
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Legal Provision Respecting the Education and Employment of Children in ...

Henry Barnard - Child labor - 1842 - 96 pages
...sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or, they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with an animal eagerness...again employed in the workshops or mills, where they generally again indulge in the use of tea, often mingled with spirits, accompanied by a little bread....
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Fleet Papers, Volume 2

1842 - 678 pages
...sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or, they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with an animal eagerness satisfy the cravings of their appetite." " They [the operatives] are engaged in an employment which absorbs their attention, and unremittingly...
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Hansard's Parliamentary Debates

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1842 - 742 pages
...sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with an animal eagerness satisfy the cravings of their appetite. " And (hen let those hon Member! who upheld that transportation from the south of England hear what...
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