...halfsheltered, and ignorant, weaving in close damp cellars, or crowded in ill-ventilated workshops ; and it only remains that they should become, as is too...to render perfect the portraiture of savage life." Such is the language of Dr. Kay, in a small work, got up from materials furnished by the Board of Health,...

...halfsheltered, and ignorant, weaving in close damp cellars, or crowded in ill-ventilated workshops ; and it only remains that they should become, as is too...to render perfect the portraiture of savage life." Such is the language of Dr. Kay, in a small work, got up from materials furnished by the Board of Health,...

...females no longer * " ' The hand-loom weavers,' says Dr. Kay, speaking of those living in Mancheater, • labour fourteen hours and upwards daily, and earn...the week, and they generally, notwithstanding their jioverty, spend one or two days in idleness; their week's labour seldom exceeds fifty-six or fifty-eight...

...females no longer s " ' The hand-loom weavers,' says Dr. Kay, speaking of those living in Mancheater, ' labour fourteen hours and upwards daily, and earn...that it is now generally believed. The fact, however, U, that they work these long hours only two or three days in the week, and they generally, notwithstanding...

...ignnrant; — weaving in rlose, damp cellars, or crowded, ill-ventilated worL*>hops, it only remains ih.it they should become, as is too frequently the case, demoralized and reckless, ;o render perfect tli.> portraiture of tarage life. Amongst шеи ю «ituatcd, tbc moral check has...

...fed — ill clothed — half sheltered and ignorant; — weaving in close damp cellars, or crowded workshops, it only remains that they should become, as is too frequently the case, demoralised and reckless, to render perfect the portraiture of savage life. Amongst men so situated,...

...enumerated. HI fed—ill clothed—half sheltered and ignorant;—weaving in close damp cellars, or crowded workshops, it only remains that they should become, as is too frequently the case, demoralised and reckless, to render perfect the portraiture of savage life. Amongst men so situated,...

...halfsheltered, and ignorant, weaving in close damp cellars, or crowded in ill-ventilated workshops ; and it only remains that they should become, as is too...to render perfect the portraiture of savage life." Such is the language of Dr. Kay, in a small work, got up from materials furnished by the Board of Health,...

...associations are made explicit in the description of Manchester's handloom weavers that Baines finds in Kay: "Ill-fed, ill-clothed, half-sheltered, and ignorant...to render perfect the portraiture of savage life" (485). Kay's equation between handloom weaving and savageness is fortified by his observation that...