 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...  A statistical account of the British empire - Page 685by John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1839Full view - About this book
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1828 - 514 pages
...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 - Warwickshire (England) - 1830 - 860 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1844 - 378 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1845 - 440 pages
...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 pages
...anvil, 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 - Great Britain - 1860 - 422 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1860 - 450 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1866 - 476 pages
...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.... | |
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