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" Taunton clothing region, that 'there was not a child in the town or in the villages round it of above five years old, but, if it was not neglected by its parents and untaught, could earn its bread. "
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain: Divided Into Circuits Or ... - Page 18
by Daniel Defoe - 1748
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Curious and Diverting Journies, Thro' the Whole Island of Great-Britain ...

Daniel Defoe - 1734 - 552 pages
...that which 'added to .the Thing" very much, was, that not one of thole Looms wanted Work: He farther added, That there -,was not a Child in the Town, ;or in the Villages rouad it, of above Five Years bid, bur, if it was not neglected by its Parents, and untaught, couid...
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A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain: Divided Into Circuits Or ...

Daniel Defoe - 1761 - 464 pages
...Trade in the Town, that they had 1 100 Looms foing for the weaving of Sagathies, Duroys, and fuch ind of Stuffs; and that not one of thofe Looms wanted...round it, of above five Years old, but, if it was not negledled by its Parents, and untaught, could earn its own Bread. This was what I never met with in...
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Sharpe's London magazine, a journal of entertainment and ..., Volumes 6-7

Anna Maria Hall - 818 pages
...At Taunton, in Devizes, the traveller was assured that there was so much work at the looms, &c., " that there was not a child in the town, or in the...it was not neglected by its parents, and untaught, coold earn its own bread. This was what I never met with in any place in England, except at Colchester,...
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The Economic Review, Volume 5

Christian sociology - 1895 - 612 pages
...flannels and Salisbury whites for the Turkey trade ; there were eleven hundred looms in Taunton, where " there was not a child in the town or in the villages...its parents and untaught, could earn its own bread ;" ': the great foundries or ironworks " of Sussex were still carried on at a " prodigious expense...
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The History of the Woollen and Worsted Industries

Ephraim Lipson - Wool industry - 1921 - 298 pages
...Defoe records with pride that in his day (1724) there was not a child in Taunton or the neighbourhood above five years old, " but if it was not neglected...its parents and untaught, could earn its own bread." Under the domestic system children were put to work as soon as they were able to render any kind of...
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A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, Divided Into ..., Volume 1

Daniel Defoe - Great Britain - 1927 - 494 pages
...and that which added to the Thing very much, was, that not one of thofe Looms wanted Work: He farther added, That there was not a Child in the Town, or...it was not neglected by its Parents, and untaught, TAUNTON 267 untaught, could earn its own Bread. This was what I never met with in any Place in England,...
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