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Side 2
Here ' old Bob , ' as Robert was usually styled by the neighbours , was employed
as fireman to the engine which pumped water from the coal - pit , an employment
of a toilsome kind , but requiring no great skill , and accordingly requited by the ...
Here ' old Bob , ' as Robert was usually styled by the neighbours , was employed
as fireman to the engine which pumped water from the coal - pit , an employment
of a toilsome kind , but requiring no great skill , and accordingly requited by the ...
Side 4
... and given them at least the elements of education . But in this as in thousands
of cases , little else was thought of than to consume the whole weekly earnings in
a coarse kind of plenty , leaving chance or the parish to provide for the future .
... and given them at least the elements of education . But in this as in thousands
of cases , little else was thought of than to consume the whole weekly earnings in
a coarse kind of plenty , leaving chance or the parish to provide for the future .
Side 5
One likes to hear of this , for there is always something pleasing in the idea that a
youth is an enthusiast in the kind of labour to which he has addressed himself ,
for there are then good hopes of his If the pumps success . George was so fond of
...
One likes to hear of this , for there is always something pleasing in the idea that a
youth is an enthusiast in the kind of labour to which he has addressed himself ,
for there are then good hopes of his If the pumps success . George was so fond of
...
Side 7
It is said that he was led into this kind of employment by an accident . His
chimney having gone on fire , the neighbours in putting it out deluged the house
with water , and damaged the eightday clock . Handy at machinery , and wishing
to save ...
It is said that he was led into this kind of employment by an accident . His
chimney having gone on fire , the neighbours in putting it out deluged the house
with water , and damaged the eightday clock . Handy at machinery , and wishing
to save ...
Side 10
It is certain there were railways of a rude kind in England as early as the
commencement of the eighteenth century . The rails were at first of wood , then
the wood was shod with slips of iron , and lastly , they were altogether rods or
bars of iron .
It is certain there were railways of a rude kind in England as early as the
commencement of the eighteenth century . The rails were at first of wood , then
the wood was shod with slips of iron , and lastly , they were altogether rods or
bars of iron .
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