Cottage Economy, to Which is Added The Poor Man's FriendCobbett, William
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Cottage Economy, to Which is Added The Poor Man's Friend
Cobbett, William
Agriculture; Home economics; Poor laws -- Great Britain
[5] All the calculations in this work, it must be remembered, are in
English money but may be turned into United States' money as before
directed, page 16.
[6] Be sure, now, _before you go any further_, to go to the end of the
book, and there read about MANGLE WURZLE. Be _sure_ to do this. And there
read also about COBBETT'S CORN. Be sure to do this before you go any
further.
[7] To me the following has happened within the last year. A young man, in
the country, had agreed to be my servant; but it was found _that he could
not milk_; and the bargain was set aside. About a month afterwards a young
man, who said he was _a farmer's son_, and who came from Herefordshire,
offered himself to me at Kensington. "_Can you milk?_" He could not; but
_would learn_! Ay, but in the learning, he might _dry up my cows_! What a
shame to the _parents_ of these young men! Both of them were in _want of
employment_. The latter had come more than a hundred miles in _search of
work_; and here he was left to hunger still, and to be exposed to all
sorts of ills, because he _could not milk_.
[8] London
[9] The father of the present Sir Robert Peel, who gained his fortune as a
cotton weaver by the help of machinery.
[10] Editors of the London Times Newspaper.
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"it" corrected to "is" (page 26)
"whorthy" corrected to "worthy" (page 51)
"bady" corrected to "bad" (page 68)
"buln of the hatch" corrected to "bulk of the batch" (page 119)
"the the" corrected to "the" (page 123)
"abuudant" corrected to "abundant" (page 126)
"pig's" corrected to "pigs" (index)
"Chancollor" corrected to "Chancellor" (Part 2, page 47)
"Chanceller" corrected to "Chancellor" (Part 2, page 47)
"Amecan" corrected to "American" (Part 2, page 55)
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