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" Within one room being large and long There stood two hundred Looms full strong : Two hundred men the truth is so Wrought in these Looms all in a row. "
The Modern Factory System: By R. Whately Cooke Taylor - Page 50
by Richard Whately Cooke-Taylor - 1891 - 476 pages
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The History of Mr. John Winchcomb; Alias, Jack of Newbury; the Famous and ...

Thomas Deloney - 1780 - 86 pages
...flood two hundred looms full liiong \ Two hundred men, the truth is fo, bought in tkti* ieonu all io a row '• * By every one a pretty boy Sat making...women merrily, Were carding hard, with joyful cheer, Whofingingfat, with voices clear j And in a chamber clofe befide Two hundred maidens did abide, In...
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The History of John Winchcomb ...

Thomas Deloney - 1859 - 148 pages
...every office in his house. Within one roome, being large and long, There stood two hundred loonies full strong. Two hundred men, the truth is so, Wrought in these loomes all in a row. By every one a prettie boy Sate making quils with mickle joy; And in another place...
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An Introduction to English Economic History and Theory, Volume 1

William James Ashley - 1893 - 524 pages
...than that relied on by Fuller. " Within one roome being large and long There stood two hundred Loomes full strong : Two hundred men the truth is so Wrought in these Loomes all in a row. By every one a pretty boy Sate making quils with mickle ioy : And in an other...
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Monthly Packet

1897 - 728 pages
...chronicler, Thomas Deloney, in 1596 writes a rhyming description of the factory. ' Within one room, both large and long, There stood two hundred looms full strong. Two hundred men, the truth is so, Wrought at these looms, all in a row. And in another place hard by, A hundred women merrily Were carding hard,...
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An Introduction to English Economic History and Theory, Part 2

William James Ashley - 1909 - 526 pages
...than that relied on by Fuller. " Within one rooms being large and long There stood two hundred Loomes full strong ; Two hundred men the truth is so Wrought in these Loomes all in a row. By every one a pretty boy Sate making quils with mickle ioy • And in an other...
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The Growth of English Industry and Commerce, Volume 1

William Cunningham - 1910 - 762 pages
...(Ashley, EC. Hiit. i. ii. 255.) "Within one roome being large and long, There stood two hundred Looines full strong ; Two hundred men, the truth is so, Wrought in these Loomes, nil in a row." Each weaver was assisted by "a pretty boy"; on the same premises were employed...
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The Factory

Jonathan Thayer Lincoln - 1912 - 138 pages
...following lines taken from it contain an interesting description of his famous industrial establishment. " Within one room, being large and long, There stood...joy. And in another place hard by A hundred women merily Were carding hard with joyful cheer Who, singing sat with voices clear; And in a chamber close...
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Works

Thomas Deloney - 1912 - 904 pages
...and euery office in his house. Within one roome being large and long, There stood two hundred Loomes full strong : Two hundred men the truth is so, Wrought in these Loomes all in a row. By euery one a pretty boy, »o Sate making quils with mickle ioy ; And in another...
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English Industries of the Middle Ages: Being an Introduction to the ...

Louis Francis Salzman - 1913 - 306 pages
...picking wool, The finest from the coarse to pull.' 3 ' Two hundred men, the truth is so, Wrought in their looms, all in a row ; By every one a pretty boy Sat making quills with mickle joy.' 1 o. The Burler l then (yea, thousands in this place) The thick-set weed with nimble hand doth chase....
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English Industries of the Middle Ages: Being an Introduction to the ...

Louis Francis Salzman - 1913 - 288 pages
...picking wool, The finest from the coarse to pull.' 3 ' Two hundred men, the truth is so, Wrought in their looms, all in a row ; By every one a pretty boy Sat making quills with mickle joy.' 10. The Burler1 then (yea, thousands in this place) The thick-set weed with nimble hand doth chase....
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