Labor in Europe and America: A Special Report on the Rates of Wages, the Cost of Subsistence, and the Condition of the Working Classes in Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium and Other Countries of Europe, Also in the United States and British AmericaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1875 - 864 páginas |
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... skill of these neighbors , whose workmen were asso- ciated with those of the Hebrews * in dressing stones for the foundation of that structure , hewing timber in the mountains of Lebanon , and prob . ably in many other portions of the ...
... skill of these neighbors , whose workmen were asso- ciated with those of the Hebrews * in dressing stones for the foundation of that structure , hewing timber in the mountains of Lebanon , and prob . ably in many other portions of the ...
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... skill . It is probable , however , that these were mainly free laborers , Jewish and Phoenician , who re- ceived regular wages for their services . In later times skilled mechanics were held in high esteem among the Jews , and in some ...
... skill . It is probable , however , that these were mainly free laborers , Jewish and Phoenician , who re- ceived regular wages for their services . In later times skilled mechanics were held in high esteem among the Jews , and in some ...
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... skilled workmen were in request to assist in the ornamentation of shrines and palaces , while the great mass of the ... skill or judgment . The captives often worked in fetters , which were sometimes supported by a bar fastened to the ...
... skilled workmen were in request to assist in the ornamentation of shrines and palaces , while the great mass of the ... skill or judgment . The captives often worked in fetters , which were sometimes supported by a bar fastened to the ...
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... skilled and hardy race of seamen contributed greatly to the superiority of the Greeks in naval warfare . The importance of agriculture , and the high esteem in which it was held among the Greeks , will give interest to a few particulars ...
... skilled and hardy race of seamen contributed greatly to the superiority of the Greeks in naval warfare . The importance of agriculture , and the high esteem in which it was held among the Greeks , will give interest to a few particulars ...
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... skilled in some trade , probably corre- sponded in the main with the difference between the amounts which these classes respectively could earn for their owners . A slave in the mines yielded a profit of only one obolus ( about 3 cents ) ...
... skilled in some trade , probably corre- sponded in the main with the difference between the amounts which these classes respectively could earn for their owners . A slave in the mines yielded a profit of only one obolus ( about 3 cents ) ...
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Página 18 - Zeboim toward the wilderness. (Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:" but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
Página 189 - ... the term trade union, except the proviso qualifying such definition, is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof be it enacted as follows : the term trade union means any combination, whether temporary or permanent, for regulating the relations between workmen and masters, or between workmen and workmen, or between masters and masters, or for imposing restrictive conditions on the conduct of any trade or business...
Página 22 - When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
Página 20 - Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shall appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
Página 19 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Página 191 - By the statute in question it is provided that "no employee shall be required, or permitted, to work in a biscuit, bread, or cake bakery, or confectionery establishment, more than sixty hours in any one week, or more than ten hours in any one day...
Página 190 - ... near a house or place where a person resides or works or carries on business or happens to be, if they so attend merely for the purpose of peacefully obtaining or communicating information, or of peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working'.
Página 22 - Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
Página 139 - No newspaper pleaded their cause. It was in rude rhyme that their love and hatred, their exultation and their distress found utterance. A great part of their history is to be learned only from their ballads. One of the most remarkable of the popular lays...
Página 22 - When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.