Arthur Young's Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789G. Bell and sons, 1906 - 366 pages |
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... hands of métayers , and 9,360,000 in those of peasant owners . In 1880 a diminution is seen - 18 per cent . of métayage to set against 21 per cent . of proprietorship . Some parts of France are far more favourable to agricultural ...
... hands of métayers , and 9,360,000 in those of peasant owners . In 1880 a diminution is seen - 18 per cent . of métayage to set against 21 per cent . of proprietorship . Some parts of France are far more favourable to agricultural ...
Page xvii
... hands , and bring in vast revenues , the latter in 1869 reaching the total of fifteen million francs . The desert that saddened Arthur Young's eyes may now be described as a land of Goshen , overflowing with milk and honey . The peasant ...
... hands , and bring in vast revenues , the latter in 1869 reaching the total of fifteen million francs . The desert that saddened Arthur Young's eyes may now be described as a land of Goshen , overflowing with milk and honey . The peasant ...
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... even upon occasions lends a hand in the harvest field . But on Sundays and holidays her neat cotton dress is exchanged for a fashionable toilette ; her children receive a liberal education ; when her daughters xviii INTRODUCTION .
... even upon occasions lends a hand in the harvest field . But on Sundays and holidays her neat cotton dress is exchanged for a fashionable toilette ; her children receive a liberal education ; when her daughters xviii INTRODUCTION .
Page xxi
... hands ; whilst among exports of lesser importance figure wadding , gum , clock cases , bottles , and baskets . Many of these trades are pursued by the craftsman at home and on his own account . Hours alike both pleasant and profitable ...
... hands ; whilst among exports of lesser importance figure wadding , gum , clock cases , bottles , and baskets . Many of these trades are pursued by the craftsman at home and on his own account . Hours alike both pleasant and profitable ...
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... hands thus employed reached a total of 46,000 . The Bisontin watchmaker often works on his own account ; and here , as at Châteauroux in the Indre , is witnessed a striking example of thrift among the artizan class . Many of these ...
... hands thus employed reached a total of 46,000 . The Bisontin watchmaker often works on his own account ; and here , as at Châteauroux in the Indre , is witnessed a striking example of thrift among the artizan class . Many of these ...
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