 | Francis Bowen - 1870 - 512 pages
...Smith, " 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....workhouse, the loss of time is, no doubt, much less. Even in this case, however, it is very considerable. A man commonly saunters a little in turning his... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Economics - 1870 - 586 pages
...Smith, " 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....workhouse, the loss of time is, no doubt, much less. Even in this case, however, it is very considerable. A man commonly saunters a little in turning his... | |
 | Henry Dunning Macleod - Economics - 1875 - 574 pages
...different tools. A country weaver who cultivates a small farm, must lose a deal of time in passing from his loom to the field, and from the field to his loom....time is no doubt much less. It is even in this case something considerable. A man commonly saunters a little in turning his hand from one sort of employment... | |
 | Henry Dunning Macleod - Economics - 1875 - 546 pages
...weaver who cultivates a small farm, must lose a deal of time in passing from his loom to the field, aud from the field to his loom. When the two trades can...time is no doubt much less. It is even in this case something considerable. A man commonly saunters a little in turning his hand from one sort of employment... | |
 | Henry Dunning Macleod - Economics - 1875 - 556 pages
...different tools. A country weaver who cultivates a small farm, must lose a 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 game work-house, the loss of time is no doubt much less. It is even in this case something considerable.... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1877 - 488 pages
...kind of work to another, that is carried on in a different place, and with quite different tools. ... A man commonly saunters a little in turning his hand from one sort of employment to another. When, fee first begins the new work he is seldom very keen and hearty ; his mind, as they say, does not go... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1877 - 260 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... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1884 - 604 pages
...to the field, and from the field to his loom, WLra the two trades can be c;irricd on in the *azi« workhouse, the loss of time is, no doubt, much less. It is, even in this case, howrtvr, very considerable. A man commonly ui в~ ters a little in turning his hand from one - •.<... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1885 - 626 pages
...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....this case, however, very considerable. A man commonly sauniers a little in turning his hand from one sort of employment to another. When he first begins... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1887 - 736 pages
...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....his hand from one sort of employment to another." I am very far from implying that these considerations are of no weight; but I think there are counter-considerations... | |
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It is impossible to pass very quickly from one kind of work to another, that is carried on in a different place, and with quite different tools. A country weaver, who cultivates a small farm, must lose a good deal of time in passing from MB loom to the... 
