 | Joel Shew - 1844 - 336 pagina’s
...my men. Some of these men were eighty and even ninety years old ; and yet these old men would do no more work than any of the middle-aged men belonging...agility, vivacity, and even hilarity, — singing as they labored, with all the buoyancy and blithsomeness of youth. — Captain J: lowland. In many parts of... | |
 | John Smith (of Malton.) - 1845 - 456 pagina’s
...eighty and even ninety years old; and yet these old men would do more work than any of the middle aged men belonging to my ship. In handling and stowing...power. They were full of agility, vivacity, and even hilarity;—singing as they laboured, with all the buoyancy and blithsomeness of youth." 264. The general... | |
 | Sylvester Graham - 1849 - 302 pagina’s
...hours' labor. They were astonishingly powerful and active; and endured severe aud protracted labor far beyond any of my men. Some of these men were eighty...vivacity, and even hilarity, — singing, as they labored, with all the buoyancy and blithesomeness of youth' (1031). 1038. ' The Irish chairmen, porters,... | |
 | Andrew Combe - 1849 - 222 pagina’s
...powerful and active, and endured severe and protracted labour far beyond any of my men. Some of them were eighty and even ninety years old ; and yet these...with the jack-screw, they exhibited most astonishing ¡iower. They were full of agility, vivacity, and even hilarity, — singing as they laboured with... | |
 | 1850 - 590 pagina’s
...in the morning, with a piece of their black bread weighing about one pound, and a bunch of garhcks as big as one's fist. This was all their nourishment...my ship. In handling and stowing away" iron, and in stowmg away hemp with the jack-screw, they exhibited most astonishing power. They were full of agility,... | |
 | John Smith (of Malton.) - 1854 - 334 pagina’s
...hours' labor. They were astonishingly powerful and active ; and endured severe and protracted labor far beyond any of my men. Some of these men were eighty...agility, vivacity, and even hilarity ; singing as they labored with all the buoyancy and blithcsomeness of youth." 264. The general food of the Norwegians... | |
 | Sylvester Graham - 1854 - 750 pagina’s
...protracted labor far beyond any of my men. Some of these men were eighty and even ninety years old ; ¡nul yet these old men would do more work than any of the middle aged men belonging to my ship. In handling und stowing away iron, and in stowing away hemp with... | |
 | John Smith (of Malton.) - 1880 - 122 pagina’s
...in the morning, with a piece of their black bread weighing about one pound, and a bunch of garlicks as big as one's fist. This was all their nourishment...singing as they laboured, with all the buoyancy and blithesomeuass of youth," * i'lio /Sun newspaper for Soptumber 26, 1799, The general food of the Norwegians... | |
 | Anna Bonus Kingsford - 1881 - 192 pagina’s
...board in the morning with a piece of their black bread weighing about a pound, and a bunch of garlics as big as one's fist. This was all their nourishment...vivacity, and even hilarity, singing as they laboured.' ' ' The Russian peasant is satisfied with the plainest food. . . . The diet consists of pickled cucumbers,... | |
 | Eustace Miles - 1900 - 372 pagina’s
...and active, and endured severe and protracted labour far beyond any of my men. Some of these Russians were eighty and even ninety years old, and yet these...vivacity, and even hilarity, singing as they laboured." (Captain CS Rowland, of New Bedford, Mass.) " As an officer who had served in the French army observed,... | |
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This was all their nourishment for the day of sixteen or eighteen hours labour. They were astonishingly powerful and active, and endured severe and protracted labour far beyond any of my men. Some of these men were eighty and even ninety years old ; and... 
