...warp, or longitudinal threads, was made of linen-yarn imported from Germany. It was no uncommon thmg for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, before he could collect from five or six spinners wefi enough to employ him fo r the rest of the day....

...with this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon, or gown, was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner. It is evident that an important crisis...

...of cotton; while the •warp, or longitudinal threads, was made of linen-yarn imported from Germany. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, before he could • ': collect collect from five or six spinners weft enough to employ him fo r the...

...with this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon, or gown, was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." It was natural, in this state of things,...

...procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. " It was no uncommon thing," he says, " for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning,...piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon or gown was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." That the manufacture should have flourished...

...procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. " It was no uncommon thing," he says, " for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning,...to serve him for the remainder of the day; and when ho wished to weave a piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon or gown was necessary to quicken...

...even with this disadvantage very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon, or gown, was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner. It is evident that an important crisis...

...even with this disadvantage very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. and rather pointing upwards, with the nail holes still...tell», that, in his tune, "It is »thing very • Fosbr wi-hed to weave a piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon, or gown, was necessary to quicken...

...could be obtained; and the trades of spinning and weaving were commonly united in a humble manner—the man wove, while his wife and daughters spun. If this...walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on rive or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder of the day ; and...

...with this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon, or gown, was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." It was natural, in this state of things,...