 | William Hone - 1828 - 514 pagine
...says Mr. Hutton, from Walsall in 1741, I was surprised at the prodigious number of blacksmiths' shops upon the road ; and could not conceive how a country,...some of these shops I observed one or more females stript of their upper garment, and not overcharged with their lower, wielding the hammer with all the... | |
 | William West - 1830 - 860 pagine
...the following sarcastic observations. " In some of these shops, I observed one ormore females, stript of their upper garment, and not overcharged with their lower, wielding the hammer with all the grace of their sex. The beauties of their face were rather eclipsed by the smut of the anvil, or in poetical... | |
 | William Goodman - 1844 - 378 pagine
...says Mr. Hutton, from Walsall, in 1741, I was surprised at the prodigious number of blacksmith's shops upon the road ; and could not conceive how a country, though populous, could support so many people in- the same occupation. In some of these shops, I observed one or more females stript of their upper... | |
 | William Goodman - 1845 - 440 pagine
...says Mr. Hutton, from Walsall, in 1741, I was surprised at the prodigious number of blacksmith's shops upon the road ; and could not conceive how a country, though populous, could support so many people in the same occupation. In some of these shops, I observed one or more females stript of their upper... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1857 - 348 pagine
...performs the work. " When I first approached Birmingham from Walsall, in 1741," says Hutton, " I was surprised at the prodigious number of blacksmiths'...one or more females stripped of their upper garment, wielding the hammer with all the grace of the sex. Struck with the novelty, I inquired, ' whether the... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1860 - 422 pagine
...surprised at the prodigious number of blacksmiths' shops upon the road, and could not conceive how the country, though populous, could support so many people...some of these shops I observed one or more females, ftripped of their upper garments, and not overcharged with their lower, wielding the hammer with all... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1860 - 450 pagine
...occupation. In some of these shops I observed one or more females, ftripped of their upper garments, and not overcharged with their lower, wielding the hammer with all the grace of their sex. The beauties of their face were rather eclipsed by the smut of the anvil. Struck with the... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1866 - 476 pagine
...was surprised at the number of blacksmiths' shops upon the road, and could not conceive how a county, though populous, could support so many people of the...observed one or more females, stripped of their upper garments, and not overcharged with their lower, wielding the hammer with all the grace of their sex.... | |
 | Edward Young, United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Statistics - 1875 - 874 pagine
...surprised at the prodigious number of blacksmiths' shops upon the road, and could not conceive how the country, though populous, could support so many people...observed one or more females, stripped of their upper garments, and not overcharged with their lower, wielding the hammer with all the grace of their sex.... | |
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I was surprised at the prodigious number of blacksmiths' shops upon the road ; and could not conceive how a country, though populous, could support so many people of the same occupation. In some of these shops I observed one or more females... 
