 It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder of the day ; and when he wished to weave a piece in a shorter time than usual,...  The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs - Page 1801835Full view - About this book
 | 1824 - 564 pages
...warp, or longitudinal threads, was made of linen-yarn imported from Germany. It was no uncommon thmg for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, before he could collect from five or six spinners wefi enough to employ him fo r the rest of the day.... | |
 | Richard Guest - 1823 - 110 pages
...with this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon, or gown, was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner. It is evident that an important crisis... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1824 - 570 pages
...of cotton; while the •warp, or longitudinal threads, was made of linen-yarn imported from Germany. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, before he could • ': collect collect from five or six spinners weft enough to employ him fo r the... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 pages
...with this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon, or gown, was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." It was natural, in this state of things,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1831 - 252 pages
...procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. " It was no uncommon thing," he says, " for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning,...piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon or gown was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." That the manufacture should have flourished... | |
 | Charles Knight, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1831 - 240 pages
...procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. " It was no uncommon thing," he says, " for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning,...to serve him for the remainder of the day; and when ho wished to weave a piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon or gown was necessary to quicken... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 pages
...even with this disadvantage very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon, or gown, was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner. It is evident that an important crisis... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...even with this disadvantage very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. and rather pointing upwards, with the nail holes still...tell», that, in his tune, "It is »thing very • Fosbr wi-hed to weave a piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon, or gown, was necessary to quicken... | |
 | 1835 - 542 pages
...could be obtained; and the trades of spinning and weaving were commonly united in a humble manner—the man wove, while his wife and daughters spun. If this...walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on rive or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder of the day ; and... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 764 pages
...with this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon, or gown, was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." It was natural, in this state of things,... | |
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