Knowledge is PowerBell and Daldy, 1866 - 426 pages |
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... a fellow - labourer . He made a boat by his own unassisted labour ; but he could not launch it . When Friday came , and was henceforth his faithful friend and willing servant , he could launch his boat CHAP . II . 15 Robinson Crusoe .
... a fellow - labourer . He made a boat by his own unassisted labour ; but he could not launch it . When Friday came , and was henceforth his faithful friend and willing servant , he could launch his boat CHAP . II . 15 Robinson Crusoe .
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Charles Knight. friend and willing servant , he could launch his boat . Crusoe ultimately left his island ; for the boat had given him a greater command over his circumstances . But had he con- tinued there in companionship with Friday ...
Charles Knight. friend and willing servant , he could launch his boat . Crusoe ultimately left his island ; for the boat had given him a greater command over his circumstances . But had he con- tinued there in companionship with Friday ...
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... servants . But if the labourer , or the great body of labourers were to imagine that they could obtain such a proportion of the capital of a civilized country except as exchangers , the store would instantly vanish . They might perhaps ...
... servants . But if the labourer , or the great body of labourers were to imagine that they could obtain such a proportion of the capital of a civilized country except as exchangers , the store would instantly vanish . They might perhaps ...
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... servant , and sometimes even the artisan , was the absolute property of another man - bought , sold , let , without any will of his own , like an ox or a horse - producing nothing for himself -and transmitting the miseries of his lot to ...
... servant , and sometimes even the artisan , was the absolute property of another man - bought , sold , let , without any will of his own , like an ox or a horse - producing nothing for himself -and transmitting the miseries of his lot to ...
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... servants higher wages to prevent their running away ; and that the country was covered with staf - strikers and sturdy rogues , who robbed in every direction . The villages were deserted by the labourers resorting to the towns , where ...
... servants higher wages to prevent their running away ; and that the country was covered with staf - strikers and sturdy rogues , who robbed in every direction . The villages were deserted by the labourers resorting to the towns , where ...
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