The London Tradesman: Being a Compendious View of All the Trades, Professions, Arts, Both Liberal and Mechanic, Now Practised in the Cities of London and Westminster. Calculated for the Information of Parents, and Instruction of Youth in Their Choice of Business. ... By R. Campbell, Esq |
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Pagina 273 - ... few Years ago was not purely chymerical. There was a Time when our Superiority at Sea was uncontestable, and the Influence that had upon the other Powers of Europe very conspicuous. The Dutch is another Instance of the mighty Power of Traffic ; they possess a Country not much larger than Yorkshire, of a Soil naturally barren : The Number of People in the United Provinces are not one Fifth of the Number of the Inhabitants of Great Britain ; and yet this little State, but a few Years ago a petty...
Pagina 284 - Their Business is to transact Business for the Merchant ; buy up Goods for him; procure him Bills of Exchange, for which he has...
Pagina 202 - Friends of Men, for they have let us into all the Secrets of the Ladies' Legs, which we might have been ignorant of to Eternity without their Help; they discover to us indeed a Sample of what we wish to purchase, yet serve as a Fence to keep us at an awful Distance.
Pagina 199 - I am persuaded, more than one Half of them have been bred Milliners, have been debauched in their Houses, and are obliged to throw themselves upon the Town for Want of Bread, after they have left them.
Pagina 77 - can render, it is true, their Words into English [ie translate from Latin into English], but they can speak their noble Sentiments in no Language; and whatever Progress they have made in Greek and Latin, it is certain they often know no more of their Mother Tongue (except the mere Sound...
Pagina 72 - Money-Scrivener; that is, they are employed to find out estates to purchase, or have money to lay out for some, and borrow for others, and receive fees from borrower and lender ; and of course are employed to draw the securities.
Pagina 96 - ... set up for house-painters. . . . There is not bread for one third of them ; and at all times in the City of London and suburbs, they are idle at least four or five months in the year. Their work begins in April or May, and continues till the return of the company to town in winter, when many of them are out of business. When they are employed they have in the longest days, half-acrown, and some good hands three shillings, and in the shortest...
Pagina 251 - ... that Purpose, throws the Silk, and prepares it for the various Uses of the Weaver; he employs mostly Women, to whom he gives but small Wages: It is a very profitable Business for the Master, and requires but a small Share of Ingenuity. Spinning the hard Silk and winding it employs a great Number of Female Hands, who may make good Bread of it, if they refrain from the common Vice of Drinking and Sotting away their Time and Senses.
Pagina 280 - ... Wines, Oils, and Ready Money. We send to Italy, Fish from New England and Newfoundland, Lead, Tin, some Woollen Goods, Leather, Tobacco, Sugars, and East-India Goods; and have, in return, some rich Wines, Currants, Silks wrought and raw, Oils, Olives and Pickles. To the East-Indies we send out some Woollen Goods, Lead, Watches, Clocks, FireArms, Hats ; but our chief Export is Silver Bullion : For which we receive in Exchange, Gold, Diamonds, Spices, Drugs, Teas, Porcelain or China- Ware, Silk...
Pagina 277 - ... is to take a View of our Imports and Exports. We export to Jamaica, and the rest of the Sugar Colonies, all manner of Materials for Wearing Appearel, Houshold Furniture of all Sorts, Cutlery and Haberdashery Wares, Watches, Jewels and Toys, East-India Goods of all sorts, some French Wines, English Malt Liquor, Linen Cloths of the Growth of Scotland, Ireland, and Germany, and our Ships generally touch in Ireland and take in Provisions, such as Beef, Pork, and Butter. The Returns from thence are...
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| Titel | The London Tradesman: Being a Compendious View of All the Trades, Professions, Arts, Both Liberal and Mechanic, Now Practised in the Cities of London and Westminster. Calculated for the Information of Parents, and Instruction of Youth in Their Choice of Business. ... By R. Campbell, Esq Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection Nummer 8262 van Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature Human relations area files |
| Auteur | R. Campbell |
| Uitgever | T. Gardner, 1747 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Oxford University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 26 april 2007 |
| Lengte | 340 pagina's |
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