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Excerpt from Social and Political Aspects of England and the Continent: A Series of Letters
The women here work at every kind of business, that men only perform in New England. There are bar-maids to hand about brandy and ale, and attract'' customers by their bewitching smiles, female clerks in every kind of shops, peddlers, crying their goods through the streets, and teamsters whoaing and geeing their cattle about. In rainy weather, they are seen wading through the muddy streets, covered with old mats, and wearing clogs, or pattens, on their feet. The clogs are thick leather shoes with heavy wooden soles. Pattens are wooden soles, with straps to bind them over other shoes, having also a sort of iron stilts under-n. Neath to keep the feet high and dry. But they are exceedingly clumsy. One of the pattens would weigh nearly a pound.
The shopkeepers have every article marked with its price. So if one fails in trade, it is not because he did not receive the full value of his goods, but for want of patronage.
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The women here work at every kind of business, that men only perform in New England. There are bar-maids to hand about brandy and ale, and attract'' customers by their bewitching smiles, female clerks in every kind of shops, peddlers, crying their goods through the streets, and teamsters whoaing and geeing their cattle about. In rainy weather, they are seen wading through the muddy streets, covered with old mats, and wearing clogs, or pattens, on their feet. The clogs are thick leather shoes with heavy wooden soles. Pattens are wooden soles, with straps to bind them over other shoes, having also a sort of iron stilts under-n. Neath to keep the feet high and dry. But they are exceedingly clumsy. One of the pattens would weigh nearly a pound.
The shopkeepers have every article marked with its price. So if one fails in trade, it is not because he did not receive the full value of his goods, but for want of patronage.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
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Dean Dudley
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ISBN - 9780483031609
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm
Page Count - 146
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Dean Dudley
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ISBN - 9781330611814
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Page Count - 148
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