Knowledge is PowerBell and Daldy, 1866 - 426 pages |
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Page xiv
... Cloth - printing - Bleaching CHAPTER XVIII . Hosiery manufacture The stocking - frame - The circular hosiery- machine - Hats Gloves - Boots and shoes - Sewing - machine - Straw- plait Artificial Flowers - Fans - Lace - Bobbin - net ...
... Cloth - printing - Bleaching CHAPTER XVIII . Hosiery manufacture The stocking - frame - The circular hosiery- machine - Hats Gloves - Boots and shoes - Sewing - machine - Straw- plait Artificial Flowers - Fans - Lace - Bobbin - net ...
Page xvi
... clothes , without fire , without tools . We see the human being in the very lowest state of helplessness . Most of the know- ledge he had acquired would be worse than useless ; for it would not be applicable in any way to his new ...
... clothes , without fire , without tools . We see the human being in the very lowest state of helplessness . Most of the know- ledge he had acquired would be worse than useless ; for it would not be applicable in any way to his new ...
Page xvi
... clothes with his horse when he rambled from his friends . He had nothing to defend himself against the wolves and serpents but a stick ; he had nothing of which to make a bed but long grass and rushes ; he had 2 CHAP . I. Ross Cox .
... clothes with his horse when he rambled from his friends . He had nothing to defend himself against the wolves and serpents but a stick ; he had nothing of which to make a bed but long grass and rushes ; he had 2 CHAP . I. Ross Cox .
Page xvi
... clothes left , having worn out those he brought from Watlin's ship , but only a skin about his waist . He saw our ship the day before we came to an anchor , and did believe we were English ; and therefore killed three goats in the ...
... clothes left , having worn out those he brought from Watlin's ship , but only a skin about his waist . He saw our ship the day before we came to an anchor , and did believe we were English ; and therefore killed three goats in the ...
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... clothes , the musket , the iron pot , the can , the hatchet , the knife , the mathematical instruments , and the Bible which he brought on shore . If the Indian's territory had produced some- * Cowper's Miscellaneous Poems . † These ...
... clothes , the musket , the iron pot , the can , the hatchet , the knife , the mathematical instruments , and the Bible which he brought on shore . If the Indian's territory had produced some- * Cowper's Miscellaneous Poems . † These ...
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