 | John Wade - Great Britain - 1833 - 674 pages
...not great. The family 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 &tisfy the' cravings bt fneiv" appetite. At the ex-i Miration of the hour, they are &J' again employed... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - Social Science - 1836 - 906 pages
...pieces of 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... | |
 | John Bell - 1837 - 464 pages
...not great. The family sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or, they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with...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.... | |
 | 1836 - 564 pages
...not great. The family sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or, they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with...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.... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Child labor - 1842 - 96 pages
...not great. The family sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or, they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with...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.... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1842 - 742 pages
...continued — " The family sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with...eagerness satisfy the cravings of their appetite. " And (hen let those hon Member! who upheld that transportation from the south of England hear what... | |
 | 1842 - 678 pages
...debauchery." " The family sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or, they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with...eagerness satisfy the cravings of their appetite." " They [the operatives] are engaged in an employment which absorbs their attention, and unremittingly... | |
 | John Watts - Cotton famine, 1861-1864 - 1866 - 492 pages
...not great. The family sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate ; or they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with...workshops or mills, where they continue until seven o' clock, or even a later hour, when they generally again indulge in the use of tea, often mingled... | |
 | John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow, Lloyd Jones - Labor - 1867 - 332 pages
...The family sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or they will plunge their spoons into the dish, and with an animal eagerness satisfy the cravings of their appetites." After thus describing the half-savage domestic habits of the people, Sir James goes on... | |
 | John Malcolm F. Ludlow - 1867 - 326 pages
...The family sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or they will plunge their spoons into the dish, and with an animal eagerness satisfy the cravings of their appetites." After thus describing the half-savage domestic habits of the people, Sir James goes on... | |
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The family 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. At the expiration... 
