 I have a belt round my waist, and a chain passing between my legs, and I go on my hands and feet. The road is very steep, and we have to hold by a rope; and, when there is no rope, by anything we can catch hold of. There are six women and about six boys...  Great industries of Great Britain - Sivu 135tekijä(t) Great Britain - 1884Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1841 - 278 sivua
...Betty Harris, aged thirty-seven, drawer in a coal-pit, Little Bolton, Lancashire, says — " I hr.ve a belt round my waist, and a chain passing between...there is no rope, by anything we can catch hold of. There are six wora^n and about six boys and girls in the pit I work in : it is very hard work for a... | |
 | 1842 - 832 sivua
...situation of the women in a state of pregnancy. ' I have a belt round my waist,' says Betty Harris, ' and a chain passing between my legs, and I go on my...hands and feet. The road is very steep, and we have to bold by a rope, and where there is no rope, by anything we can catch hold of. It is very hard work... | |
 | 1842 - 610 sivua
...washed herself, taken to her bed, been delivered of a child, and gone to work again under the week. / have a belt round my waist, and a chain passing between...there is no rope, by anything we can catch hold of. There are six women and about six boys and girls in the pit I work in : it is very hard work for a... | |
 | 1842 - 1042 sivua
...same practice prevails. Thus Betty Harris, aged 37, drawer in a coal-pit at Little Bolton, says: — " I have a belt round my waist, and a chain passing...feet. The road is very steep, and we have to hold by a 4U4 405 rope, and when there is no rope, by any thing we can catch hold of. There are six women and... | |
 | 1842 - 712 sivua
...work again under the week. / have a belt round my waist, and a chain patting between my legs, aiul I go on my hands and feet. The road is very steep,...there is no rope, by anything we can catch hold of. There are six women, and about six boys and girls in the pit I work in : it is very hard work for a... | |
 | 1843 - 862 sivua
...look upon.'] "— Pp. 80, 81. " Betty Harris, aged thirty-seven, drawer in a coal-pit, Little Bolton : 'I have a belt round my waist, and a chain passing...steep, and we have to hold by a rope, and, when there hi no rope, by anything we can catch hold of. There are six women and about six boys and girls in tbe... | |
 | 1843 - 894 sivua
...accurate in their evidence on their own condition. ' I have & belt round my waist,' says Betty Harris, ' and a chain passing between my legs, and I go on my...is very steep ; and we have to hold by a rope, and, where there is no rope, by any thing we can catch hold of. It is very hard work for a woman. The pit... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1843 - 942 sivua
...accurate in their evidence on their own condition. ' I have a belt round my waist,' says Betty Harris, ' and a chain passing between my legs, and I go on my...is very steep ; and we have to hold by a rope, and, where there is no rope, by any thing we can catch hold of. It is very hard work fur a woman. The pit... | |
 | John C. Cobden - 1853 - 528 sivua
...is another good thing.' " Betty Harris, aged thirty-seven, drawer in a coal-pit, Little Bolton : ' I have a belt round my waist and a chain passing between...have to hold by a rope, and when there is no rope, by any thing we can catch hold of. There are six women and about six boys and girls in the pit I work... | |
 | Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury - 1868 - 466 sivua
...situation of the women in a state of pregnancy. " I have a belt round my waist," says Betty Harris, " and a chain passing between my legs, and I go on my...is very steep, and we have to hold by a rope, and where there is no rope, by anything we can catch hold of. It is very hard work for a woman. . . . The... | |
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