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... for removing , in the ordinary way , about an acre of silt four feet deep , which in the course of eight or ten years had accumulated in their reservoir at Kensington ; and accordingly £ 400 was to be THE AIR WE LIVE IN . 21.
... for removing , in the ordinary way , about an acre of silt four feet deep , which in the course of eight or ten years had accumulated in their reservoir at Kensington ; and accordingly £ 400 was to be THE AIR WE LIVE IN . 21.
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... course foregone , to avoid the imme- diate and greater discomforts of having to fetch the water . " In our manufacturing towns , those members of a family who are old enough to fetch water are of course strong enough to work : the mere ...
... course foregone , to avoid the imme- diate and greater discomforts of having to fetch the water . " In our manufacturing towns , those members of a family who are old enough to fetch water are of course strong enough to work : the mere ...
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... course , be opposed to cleanliness . I have seen horses in two houses in Tranent inhabiting the same apartment with numerous families . One was in Dow's Bounds . Several of the family were ill of typhus fever , and I remember the horse ...
... course , be opposed to cleanliness . I have seen horses in two houses in Tranent inhabiting the same apartment with numerous families . One was in Dow's Bounds . Several of the family were ill of typhus fever , and I remember the horse ...
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... course of some inquiries under the Constabulary Force Commission , reference was made to the meetings held by torchlight in the neighbourhood of Manchester . It was re- ported that the bulk consisted of mere boys , and that there were ...
... course of some inquiries under the Constabulary Force Commission , reference was made to the meetings held by torchlight in the neighbourhood of Manchester . It was re- ported that the bulk consisted of mere boys , and that there were ...
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... course , be a reduction of the existing expenditure of labour in fetching water ; and many other similar re- ductions should be made from the account . But , with- out lingering over such details , it may be at once stated that our ...
... course , be a reduction of the existing expenditure of labour in fetching water ; and many other similar re- ductions should be made from the account . But , with- out lingering over such details , it may be at once stated that our ...
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Seite 55 - ... are, to say the least, as much within the proper jurisdiction of parliament as the most humane mode of sweeping chimneys, or the proper thickness of partywalls. The health of the nation being nearly synonymous with its wealth, it is evident that the labouring power of the British people is a machine which it is the duty as well as the interest of the State to protect.