 ... with quite different tools. A country weaver, who cultivates a small farm, must lose a good deal of time in passing from his loom to the field, and from the field to his loom. When the two trades can be carried on in the same workhouse, the loss of...  A Manual of Political Economy - Page 178by Erasmus Peshine Smith - 1853 - 269 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 452 pages
...farm, must lose a good deal of time in passing from his loom to the field, and from the field to his loom. When the two trades can be carried on in the...considerable. A man commonly saunters a little in turniag his hand from one sort of employment to another. When he first begins the new work, he is seldom... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...weaver, who cultivates a small farm, must lose a deal of time in passing from the loom to the field. A man commonly saunters a little in turning his hand from one employment to another ; and when bejirst begins the new work, it is seldom with spirit ; hence the... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...farm , must lose a good deal of time in passing from his loom to the field, and from the field to his loom. When the two trades can be carried on in the...workhouse, the loss of time is no doubt much less. It i< even in this case, however, very considerable. A man commonly saunters a little in turning his hand... | |
 | 1825 - 424 pages
...from one sort of work to another, is much greater than we should at first sight be apt to imagine. A man commonly saunters a little in turning his hand from one employment to another. When he first begins the new work he is seldom very keen and hearty ; his mind,... | |
 | Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1830 - 420 pages
...farm, must lose a good deal of time in passing from his loom to the field, and from the field to his loom. When the two trades can be carried on in the same workshop, the loss of time is no doubt much less. It is even in this case, however, very considerable.... | |
 | William Carpenter - Great Britain - 1833 - 270 pages
...weaver, who cultivates a small farm, must lose a deal of time in passing from the loom to the field. A man commonly saunters a little in turning his hand from one employment to another ; and when he first begins the new work, it is seldom with spirit ; hence the... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - Business & Economics - 1835 - 334 pages
...farm, must lose a great deal of time in passing from his loom to the field, and from the field to his loom. When the two trades can be carried on in the same work-house, the loss of time is no doubt less. It is even in this case, however, very considerable. A man commonly saunters a little in turning... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - Business & Economics - 1835 - 354 pages
...farm, must lose a great deal of time in passing from his loom to the field, and from the field to his loom. When the two trades can be carried on in the same work-house, the loss 4* of time is no doubt less. It is even in this case, however, very considerable. A man commonly saunters... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1838 - 476 pages
...of time in passing from his loom to the tit-Ki, and from the field to his loom. When ttie two bades can be carried on in the same workhouse, the loss...much less. It is even in this case, however, very со n sideral >le. A man commonly »saunters a little in turning his hand from one sort of employment... | |
 | Joseph Salway Eisdell - Economics - 1839 - 636 pages
...carried on in the same workshop, the loss of time is, no doubt, much less. In this case, however, it is considerable. A man commonly saunters a little in...turning his hand from one sort of employment to another. \Vhen he first begins the new work, he is seldom very hearty at it, and for some time he rather trifles... | |
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