| 单词 | agricultural labourer |
| 例句 | Published in 1939, McNeillie's novel caused controversy with its raw exposé of rural poverty, and led to new legislation to improve the lot of agricultural labourers. Wigtown Ploughman: Part of His Life by John McNeillie - review 2012-11-13T16:55:01Z He was a Quaker and did not undertake military service, but worked as a gardener in Northamptonshire and then as an agricultural labourer in Lincolnshire. Peter Reddick obituary 2010-11-24T19:16:00Z "Ordinary people - from the quarrymen of north Wales to the coal miners in south Wales to the agricultural labourers and farmers in mid Wales," said Elgan Philip Davies, a historian and former student in Aberystwyth. Aberystwyth University at 150: Students praise small town feel 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Most years he would leave the Sundarbans to work as an agricultural labourer in southern India and on construction sites near the eastern city of Kolkata, his brother-in-law Kamalesh Mondal said. Tigers stalk as storms, poverty force Indians deep into mangrove forests 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z "She was the daughter of an illiterate agricultural labourer and lived in a rural cottage," he said. The 'forgotten victim' of a 100-year-old murder mystery 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z In the Italian south, the lives of foreign agricultural labourers are so cheap that many NGOs have described their conditions as a modern form of slavery. Are your tinned tomatoes picked by slave labour? 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z In Rangpur, a northern district, agricultural labourers endure an annual hunger in the autumn, known as monga. Bangladesh experiments with a new approach to poverty alleviation 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, the feudal rump in parliament has been able to prevent the extension of the minimum wage to agricultural labourers, among other things. Pakistan still suffers from feudalism 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z All that’s known for certain is that he always found employment as an agricultural labourer, and for the past 30 years or so of his working life for a landowner called Ambrosio Toledo. Born in 1896 and still going: meet the world's oldest man (probably) 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z His English is crisp and fluent; his personal odyssey from agricultural labourer to pre-eminent legal scholar verges on the fantastical. 'We might abolish the death penalty in 20 years': He Jiahong on justice in China 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z After the war, Eden Camp was used to house displaced persons before becoming a home for agricultural labourers and then, in 1955, a grain drying and storage centre. What happened to WW2 POW camps? 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z Here, ordinary shopkeepers and agricultural labourers speak in Sanskrit - or at least understand it. Indian village where people speak in Sanskrit 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Instead they worked as agricultural labourers for members of the traditional merchant caste known as Nagarathars. Myanmar's Tamils seek to protect their identity 2014-03-06T01:51:09Z He, too, is unemployed and relies on summer work as an agricultural labourer. Bulgarians who make ultimate sacrifice 2013-05-08T01:45:27Z Now the money wages of the ordinary agricultural labourer are 1s. 6d. a day in the most remote and backward places. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Free passages may be granted to agricultural labourers introduced under contract if the employer pays a fee of �5 and guarantees a year's employment at approved wages. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z He was the youngest son of an agricultural labourer, and after three years’ schooling spent some time at watchmaking and as a shoemaker’s apprentice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Perhaps quite as lucid an explanation as you could get from an agricultural labourer or a street arab at home. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The agricultural labourer, for example, has to manage machines whose complex mechanism is far beyond his ill-trained intelligence to comprehend. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z There has been a good deal of very indifferent weather since then; but whether or not the field crops have matured, it seems now that the agricultural labourer has been growing fast. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Another has for its chairman an agricultural labourer; a third is controlled by an ex-policeman; a fourth by one who supports himself on the cultivation of sixteen acres of land. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Servants, in the widest sense of the word, apprenticed workmen and agricultural labourers are carefully excluded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The cottagers have homesteads and crofts, but no holdings in the common fields; the whole group presents the material from which, in process of time, the agricultural labourers have been developed. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Still agricultural labourers are wanted; many of the negroes that were thus employed, while in a state of bondage, think it a disgrace to follow such patriarchal occupations now they are free. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z At different periods of the year, fancy sales are held in the court-house, when all classes congregate together, from the governor’s lady, to the lady of the agricultural labourer. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z The emancipation of the agricultural labourer by the franchise on the same conditions as his urban brother involved the sole increase since the Irish union to the numbers of the House of Commons. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z The morals of the agricultural labourers of the English fen country eighty years ago were a scandal, and the peasantry read nothing; more than half of them could not read. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z His second administration, of which the main achievement was the extension of the suffrage to the agricultural labourers, was harassed by two controversies, relating to Ireland and Egypt, which proved disastrous to the Liberal party. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z However, there should be plenty of room for tens of thousands of agricultural labourers in Palawan and Mindanao; but I consider women to be essential to the success of such colonies. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Besides agricultural labourers, there are a great many artisans, fishermen, and sailors. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z It would be desirable to ascertain where and to what extent medical clubs and dispensaries exist, and what means the agricultural labourer, in thinly populated districts, possesses for obtaining gratuitous medical aid. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z The best example of it is the case of the agricultural labourers. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z "I am not your Suffragan Bishop," I answered in the tone Robert Spencer adopted in telling a surprised House of Commons that he was not an agricultural labourer. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z The great agricultural labourers’ movement of the Eastern counties had extended even to this village; a branch of the Union had been formed, meetings held, and fiery language indulged in. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z No one can understand the latent possibilities of physical development he possesses till he has seen the agricultural labourer eat. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Wednesday, April 12th.—Although, like another noble Earl, Lord Selborne is "not an agricultural labourer," he does his best to play the part, and save our food-producers from the maw of the hungry recruiting officer. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 19, 1916 2011-08-07T02:00:07.573Z Their habits and ways of thinking are those of agriculturists, and the social question of Italy is substantially the agricultural labourers' question. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Think for a moment, for example, of old Cobbett, agricultural labourer and soldier, with nothing to help him but his shrewd mother-wit and his burly English strength. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z The relations between the agricultural labourers and the keeper are not of the most cordial character; in fact, there is a ceaseless distrust upon the one hand and incessant attempts at over-reaching upon the other. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z It was the high wages paid in the factories and workshops there that made the agricultural labourers discontented; many walked miles daily to and fro to receive them. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Her father was an agricultural labourer, earning his ten or twelve shillings a week, and bringing up a numerous family on that exceedingly limited sum. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z The English agricultural labourers belong to a very different state of society from the savages of Samoa. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z It was not much use giving an agricultural labourer more than forty rods to attend to. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Courtenay had marched the country round with agricultural labourers and others who had left their work in the fields to follow the Lord, and the farmers who thus saw their fields remaining untilled grew anxious. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z Slow to take action, there is no one so stubborn, when once he has resolved, as the agricultural labourer. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The Black Death had been responsible for a great diminution in the number of agricultural labourers, and as a result, it was scarcely possible to find sufficient labour for the cultivation of the soil. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z Arthur Wilson Fox, one of the assistant Commissioners appointed by the Royal Commission on Labour, held an inquiry at the Assembly Rooms, Swaffham, with the view of ascertaining the position and earnings of agricultural labourers. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z The digging of trenches and the making of fortifications were assigned to navvies, bricklayers, platelayers, and agricultural labourers, large bodies of whom were under railway gangers, and were ready to perform any excavation work. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z Roaming in the country villages, preaching religious and political salvation to the small farmers, the cottagers, and poor agricultural labourers of Kent, he aroused greater enthusiasm and personal love than before. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z He was an agricultural labourer, having a thirst for knowledge and some skill as a writer of verse. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z In 1831 a member of parliament said: ‘An agricultural labourer and a pauper—the words are synonymous.’ The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 2011-05-11T02:00:18.513Z Joseph Arch, M.P., at a meeting held at New Buckenham, delivered to the agricultural labourers his famous address which was quoted throughout the country for some time afterwards. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Meanwhile, why should not direct representatives of the agricultural labourer be placed upon the bench if we are not to abolish Dogberry altogether? The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z We want to see 676 whether we cannot make for the agricultural labourer some better hope than the workhouse in his old age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z This is not the moment to argue the details of any plan; but the principle is plain—the condition of the agricultural labourer has passed into the region of practical politics. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z These applied to those employed on, in, or about railways, factories, mines, quarries, engineering works, buildings, and to agricultural labourers. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The artisans worked for it, and the agricultural labourers tilled its fields. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z If there is any class of Irish more deserving of pity than another, it is the agricultural labourer. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Let them plod and crawl, or turn agricultural labourers, and earn eight or nine shillings a-week. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z This is the more surprising because the points named are of practical importance to the agricultural labourer, and the agricultural labourer now holds the balance of political power. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z The emigrants are required to be chosen from the class of mechanics and handicraftsmen, agricultural labourers, or domestic servants, and must be going out with the intention to work for wages. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z First let us look at the conditions under which the agricultural labourer works and lives. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z By the Acts of 1883 to 1906, the Rural District Councils of Ireland were empowered to obtain loans to provide suitable dwellings and allotments of land for agricultural labourers. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z It was after ten o'clock, and his landlady was asleep, as were her two sons, both agricultural labourers worn out with the heavy toils of the day. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Large numbers of them were thus reduced to the same state as the agricultural labourers, and lived on scanty wages, eked out by charity and the Poor Law. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z The persons eligible for passages to Natal would be agricultural labourers, mechanics, skilled labourers, and small farmers accustomed to some manual labour, and intending to work for their subsistence. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z I was never able to get another place as brick-burner, and I turned to that of agricultural labourer, which I understood as well as the other work. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z The work of the District Councils in providing better dwellings for agricultural labourers is perhaps more nearly completed. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z A rise then came in the wages of agricultural labourers, but this had the unforeseen effect of destroying the union; for the labourers, deeming their object gained, ceased to “agitate.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" They served as agricultural labourers on their masters' estates, and were mere chattels, as absolutely the property of their master as his cattle. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli I dare say on week-days many of them are like the agricultural labourer in Punch, who said he thought of 'maistly nought'. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life I moved to Gresham and went to work for a Mrs. Sharpen as an agricultural labourer. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z The agricultural labourer became at last obsessed by the watchword which wrought his ruin. Stand Up, Ye Dead Few men have espoused more warmly the cause of the agricultural labourer. The Vagabond in Literature Were there no machinery of any kind in England we should, nearly all of us, be as poor as the agricultural labourers of Wiltshire lately were. Political economy You see, an agricultural labourer can maintain himself and his family, as far as rice goes, for four cents a day, and the price of fish is nominal. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The labourers appealed to me from all parts of the country to help them to form another Union for the agricultural labourers. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z But the decrease lies mainly in the number of agricultural labourers; the number of farmers is not notably affected, and the increasing substitution of machinery for manual labour must be taken into consideration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" They bring with them also that contentment and discipline which till recent events particularly distinguished the agricultural labourer, and are always ready to fight for country and Queen. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 We cannot deny that there are labourers, especially agricultural labourers in the South of England, whose wages will not do more than barely provide necessary food and clothing for their families. Political economy Then, at the best the prisoners were hatters, tailors, and haberdashers, rather than agricultural labourers, many of whom ultimately proved valueless. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Before doing so I read several letters and went on to say that I had been asked to make another attempt to form a Union for the agricultural labourers. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z It is not by any means the artisan, or the general or the agricultural labourer, who is the only sufferer. Songs of the Army of the Night They are counted by hundreds, and are found among navvies, builders, masons, carriers, stevedores, agricultural labourers and other workmen, and have carried out very great works in Italy and in foreign countries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" A very large number of prisoners are employed as agricultural labourers, and it is quite reasonable to suppose that all the food supplied to the prisoners, such as it is, is grown by prisoner labour. On the right of the British line In England serfdom had virtually come to an end, and the agricultural labourer might go where he pleased. The West Indies and the Spanish Main That is not the case with the agricultural labourer. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z This fact was most patently exhibited at the last General Election, when the agricultural labourers for the first time exercised the franchise freely to any extent. The Hills and the Vale Women will no more be torn from their homes than agricultural labourers from their ploughs, or artisans from their workshops. The First Essay on the Political Rights of Women The poorer agricultural labourers drink it only when they can get it, and just as much or as little as they can get. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports Small farmers, agricultural labourers, carters, porters and messengers, factory foremen, saloon keepers, newspaper sellers, ironmongers' assistants, miners—very few liberal professions are represented. The Forerunners I hold in my hand a copy of an agreement which an agricultural labourer has to enter into with the landlord on some estates before he takes his cottage. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z The agricultural labourer voters—and the numerous semi-agricultural voters, not labourers—are more than likely to look at their own parish as well as at the policy of the Foreign Office. The Hills and the Vale The fellow who drove me was something of a humorist; and his conversation was all in praise of an agricultural labourer’s way of life. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Prussian colonizing agents scoured the neighbouring countries for agricultural labourers, foresters, and artisans. German Problems and Personalities The landed interest has suffered and suffers still, but the wages of labour have not fallen with the rents of landlords, and the agricultural labourers were never better off. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III I ask you to do all you can to bring this matter to an issue and see if a Bill cannot be brought into Parliament giving the agricultural labourer security of tenure. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z A young agricultural labourer to-day can speak almost as well as the son of a gentleman. The Hills and the Vale I mean—well, the other day I read one of those dreadful articles—at least, of course they're very useful I suppose—about the condition of the agricultural labourer. A Modern Symposium There is good reason to believe that the state of the agricultural labourers does not differ much, at least in kind, from that of the working people in towns. The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed I knew an agricultural labourer who could only tell his age by reckoning the years he had been dung-spreading. The Truth About Woman We ate some as vegetables, the rest we could cut and keep and my wife would make what we called in our agricultural labourer's phrase, "million pies." From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z An agricultural labourer entering on a cottage and garden with his family, we will suppose, is informed that so long as he pays his rent he will not be disturbed. The Hills and the Vale Country mansions became a drug in the market, farmers farmed at a loss; small holders went bust daily, and emigrated; agricultural labourers sought the towns. Another Sheaf The standard of luxury is much lower than in England, for almost any English agricultural labourer would have better furniture than that possessed by this well-to-do but discontented farmer. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The children of agricultural labourers and small farmers are given instruction which will be of no earthly use to them in the occupation for which they are naturally fitted. The Curse of Education Further, I was living there amongst my own fellow agricultural labourers, and the environments and surroundings were so dear to me as to be part of myself. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z It is only at home that the agricultural labourer is despised. The Hills and the Vale No. It was not a smock such as Frank Lockwood pictured Bobby Spencer wearing when he made his historic declaration, "I am not an agricultural labourer." Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 But it is precisely this machinery that lessens the need for large numbers of agricultural labourers. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland The ordinary English agricultural labourer, transplanted here, does not seem to do better at this work at the start than the "young gentleman." Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand Mr. Edwards told His Majesty that he was a native of Norfolk, and that his father, like himself, was an agricultural labourer. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z There is nothing more wretched than the confinement of an agricultural labourer's wife. The Hills and the Vale In fact, he lives well, much better than the agricultural labourer. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement The official posts so eagerly sought after are poorly paid; so are servants, agricultural labourers, and artisans. Home Life in Germany Among agricultural labourers and gardeners after middle life, and in the aged, this type of curvature is of common occurrence and is evidently associated with their occupation. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. It has accomplished much for the agricultural labourers. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z It is doubtful whether mechanics with good wages save more than agricultural labourers, except in indirect ways—ways which are thrust upon them. The Hills and the Vale Workers would be taken in carriages to and from their work, and agricultural labourers would work under tents so as to be protected against the rain. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals The wife of a Sussex agricultural labourer called Alliner, she was a stout person, with most peculiar prominent epileptic eyes, such eyes as one usually associates with men of letters or criminals. Tatterdemalion The only workman who spoke enthusiastically of his work was an agricultural labourer who 'was very emphatic with regard to the pleasure to be obtained from agricultural work'. Progress and History It is no exaggeration to say that the man who dared to raise his voice on behalf of the agricultural labourer at that time was in imminent danger of suffering injury to purse and person. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z Wages had materially risen long before the movement among the agricultural labourers took place. The Hills and the Vale But they certainly don’t look like agricultural labourers. Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop From the agricultural labourers you cannot receive any material number of recruits. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Lodgings close at hand were very dear, as also was food, so dear as to lower the actual receipts to an equality, if not below that of the agricultural labourer. The Toilers of the Field Like Arch, his co-worker in the cause of the agricultural labourer, George Edwards inherited his fighting spirit and independence of mind from his mother. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z The vacancy of mind, the absence of any ennobling aspiration, so noticeable in the agricultural labourer, is a painful fact. The Hills and the Vale This change contributed, to a certain extent, to decrease the number of small landowners and to create a larger class of farmers and agricultural labourers. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day What English agricultural labourer would do as much? Appearances Being Notes of Travel It would be interesting to know how much they had spent for the benefit of the agricultural labourer. The Toilers of the Field On returning to his village he sought to obtain work as an agricultural labourer, but no such employment could he find. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z At the present moment, what interest has an ordinary agricultural labourer in the affairs of his own village? The Hills and the Vale There is a world of difference between the present lot of the Irish agricultural labourer and his condition in 1883, when reform in this department was first taken in hand. Ireland and Poland A Comparison But the Chinese are not "agricultural labourers"; they are independent peasants; and a people so gay, so friendly, so well-mannered and self-respecting I have found nowhere else in the world. Appearances Being Notes of Travel The agricultural labourers, both men and women, are a slow set, never in a hurry; there is none of that bustle characteristic of the town people, even of the lowest class. The Toilers of the Field In fact, my family for generations were brickmakers as well as agricultural labourers. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z Such restlessness as there was prevailed among farmers and agricultural labourers rather than among workmen in the manufacturing districts, and in 1823 every branch of manufactures was reported to be flourishing. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) The housing of the rural population, and especially of the agricultural labourers, was wretched in the extreme. Ireland and Poland A Comparison His raiment was shabby; his costume something between that of a lawyer's clerk and an agricultural labourer. Vixen, Volume III. But the great majority, the mass, of the agricultural labourers have been labourers time out of mind. The Toilers of the Field The year 1872 will throughout history be considered the most interesting period from the standpoint of the agricultural labourers of England. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z He had, therefore, before his eyes the same agricultural labourer whose degradation excited Cobbett to Radicalism. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill By writings and by her own personal example Hannah More drew the sympathy of England to the poverty and crime of the agricultural labourer. History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 Whitbread for the second time brought in a bill for the regulation of the wages of agricultural labourers; Pitt opposed it on sound economic grounds and it was again rejected. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration But at present it fails to reach the adult genuine agricultural labourer. The Toilers of the Field They waited upon him at his residence and informed him that they wanted to form a Union for the agricultural labourers and asked him if he would lead them. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z About 1750 the yeomen had vanished, and not long afterwards was lost the common land of the agricultural labourer. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics I am like the rest of my kind; I have no money to chuck away in building schemes, in order that the rector of the parish may pose as the apostle of the agricultural labourer. Robert Elsmere Then away went emissaries to the southern parts of Italy, where the ignorant agricultural labourers bit freely and were caught wholesale. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Most of the agricultural labourers are born in a thatched cottage by the roadside, or in some narrow lane. The Toilers of the Field This meeting was attended by at least two thousand agricultural labourers from all parts of the country, and it was there decided to form a Union. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z The practice of agriculture was undergoing a transformation; in all directions grazing was being substituted for tillage, and the number of agricultural labourers was greatly reduced by the change. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World You must admit—— First W. I. M. I don't admit anything—at least, I won't until you tell me how a Parish Council is going to root anybody, let alone an agricultural labourer, in anything. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 29, 1893 The usual accompaniments of the social revolution followed: despoiling and massacring of the upper and middle classes, confiscation of property in favour of the town proletarians and agricultural labourers, and ruthless terrorism. The New World of Islam I know of one spot at this present moment which was enclosed by an agricultural labourer fully sixty years ago. The Toilers of the Field It was addressed by a local preacher, who was an agricultural labourer, named Josiah Mills, and by Mr. Burton from Cromer. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z Take the converse case: instead of turning the agricultural labourers into peasant-proprietors, make over the factories to those who work in them. The Conquest of Bread There's too much mollycoddling of these agricultural labourers, that's what I say. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 29, 1893 The peasants also leave their ancestral acres and form a class of landless agricultural labourers. The New World of Islam In any case, the agricultural labourer is the most lamb-like of drunkards. The Toilers of the Field Thus the news of the Union spread rapidly and the story was told of the uprising of the agricultural labourer. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z The ideal of industrial agriculture is to do away with the agricultural labourer altogether and to set a man who does odd jobs to tend a steam-plough or a threshing-machine. The Conquest of Bread It's just because he isn't an agricultural labourer that he's been able to get it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 29, 1893 His father was an agricultural labourer; and, with an ordinary education at school, he was, at an early age, engaged as an assistant shepherd to a tenant farmer in his native district. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century If the agricultural labourer is to be polished up and refined, why on earth should not his employer take a step in advance? The Toilers of the Field I got along very well with my employer for some few years, but in 1885 an agitation arose for the granting of the franchise to the agricultural labourers and all rural workers. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z Factory life in Europe is bad enough; military service extends its evils to agricultural labourers, and also to men who would otherwise have escaped these lowering influences. The Task of Social Hygiene But there aren't any agricultural labourers in my parish; at least, I never heard of any. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 29, 1893 His wife is evidently disposed to be kind, and my work will be no harder than an agricultural labourer's, at any rate as long as we stay here. The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition Butter is scarcely ever used in the agricultural labourer's cottage. The Toilers of the Field During the summer the Franchise Bill, coupled with a Redistribution Bill, was passed, and for the first time in English history the agricultural labourers were enfranchised. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z They were not agricultural labourers; they were not townspeople, nor operatives, nor mechanics; they were the sort of people that one never sees except on such an occasion as this. Kate Coventry An Autobiography There were jolly farmers and pale-visaged tradesmen from various parts of England, watermen from the Thames, fishermen from the seaports, artisans from town and country, agricultural labourers from everywhere, and ne’er-do-weels from nowhere in particular. The Settler and the Savage We entered the first house that we came to; that of an agricultural labourer. Rattlin the Reefer In the life of the English agricultural labourers there is absolutely no poetry, no colour. The Toilers of the Field I gave the cases of two agricultural labourers named Hazelwood, living at Baconsthorpe. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z On the other hand, the English agricultural labourer does not stand in any relation to the landed proprietor. Selected Essays A man without children in this neighbourhood emerged from poverty and bequeathed many pecuniary legacies, some L100 apiece, and others larger and smaller, to a number of agricultural labourers who were his distant relatives. Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King My left-hand companion was an old agricultural labourer, one of a large class to whom a convict prison is no punishment. Six Years in the Prisons of England The recent enactments bearing upon the licensed victuallers have been rather hard upon the agricultural labourer. The Toilers of the Field I returned home and again settled down to work as an agricultural labourer. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z The abolition of capital, on the other hand, is the property question as understood equally by the English agricultural labourer and by the English factory worker. Selected Essays The wages of the agricultural labourer had sprung into the air and leaped over the twelve shilling bar into regions of opulence. Clayhanger But, your poor agricultural labourer, who lives in poverty, and dirt, and misery—starving annually on a tenth portion of the wages that the skilled mechanic gets—he is no working-man; oh no! She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. A reading-room has been tried, but as a rule it fails to attract the purely agricultural labourer. The Toilers of the Field There had not been a shred of a Union amongst the agricultural labourers for ten years. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z This description applies mainly to the agricultural labourer. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development They turn their hands to anything and everything, but the great majority are agricultural labourers. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The agricultural labourers tilled the same patch of ground year after year. The Shrieking Pit Instead of beer, the agricultural labourer frequently drinks tea with his dinner—weak tea in large quantities. The Toilers of the Field The following is a brief extract from my speech:— Gentlemen,—You have been called together to consider the advisability or otherwise of making another attempt to organize the agricultural labourers. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z The system of contract work also obtains in some cases with the agricultural labourer, especially in the cultivation of sugar-cane, which is an important Mexican industry. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development The wives of the agricultural labourers side with the left hand, while their husbands help in fighting the battles of the right, and the shoemakers’ wives also take the side opposed to their husbands. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala ‘I shall never marry,’ said an admirable nurse, the daughter of a common agricultural labourer. Women and Politics The genuine agricultural labourer goes early to bed. The Toilers of the Field There must be one Union and one only, catering for the agricultural labourers. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z The same thing is true of the agricultural labourer in the more depressed districts in England and in large tracts of Ireland and Scotland. Historical and Political Essays Many of the questions at issue affected also the agricultural labourer. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies In this Act the Imperial Government grants to the local authorities in Ireland loans at cheap rates for the purpose of re-housing the Irish agricultural labourers. Home Rule Second Edition In what the agricultural labourer's feast nowadays consists no one can tell. The Toilers of the Field I made the following speech:— The delegates coming from the large centres of industry have no idea of the seriousness of the question from the standpoint of the agricultural labourers. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z The morals of the agricultural labourers of the English fen country eighty years ago were a scandal, and the peasantry read nothing; more than half of them could not read. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends No longer were the members sent to Westminster by a few great land-holders, by the small market towns, and by the agricultural labourers. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Political organisation could break through this tradition, but farmers and agricultural labourers are without this organisation; and so the authority of the landowner remains, in spite of the democratic constitution of local government. The Rise of the Democracy Tea is largely used by the agricultural labourers, though it does not by any means prevent them from indulging in beer. The Toilers of the Field That is the kind of agreement agricultural labourers are called upon to sign. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z As a farm-servant and an agricultural labourer, he continued through life to seek repose from toil in the perusal of poetry and the composition of verses. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Adapting an old joke of Lord Spencer's, made in "another place" a generation ago, he observed that this was no more an agricultural Bill than he himself was an agricultural labourer. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 15, 1920 Mr. Joseph Arch made a valiant attempt to organise the agricultural labourers of England, and from 1880 to 1890 a rural labourers' union, with some thousands of members, was in existence. The Rise of the Democracy But, steeped as most of them are in ignorance and superstition, the agricultural labourers of West Flanders are, to all appearance, quite contented Page 98 with their lot. Bruges and West Flanders I have appealed to the Board of Trade and clearly pointed out the miserably low wages paid to the agricultural labourers in Norfolk, and asked the President of the Board to intervene. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z He remained in the condition of an agricultural labourer, and for many years held the office of beadle, or church-officer, of the parish. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century When the half-breeds, as Lord Amersham called them, jeered at Silver as the son of an agricultural labourer there was a modicum of truth at the back of the lie. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs And is that diet so very expensive that it would be beyond the means of an agricultural labourer in any country? The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine There will be a rush upon these potted villages, and that will ease the situation in towns and free a number of cottages for agricultural labourers too. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 That was the second time the agricultural labourers had had a seat on the Parliamentary Committee. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z Down to the present time, this description applies to the greater portion of the agricultural labourers of England. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 They said he was the grandson of an agricultural labourer and the son of a bank clerk; but only one of them, more caddish or more courageous than the rest, said so to his face. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs The life of the agricultural labourer, so often pitied for its monotony, is variety itself compared with the life of the commercial clerk. The Quest of the Simple Life It was written after reading a speech at one of the night meetings of the wives of agricultural labourers in Wiltshire, held with the object of petitioning for Free Trade. Charles Dickens and Music This was the first time in the history of agricultural labourers that they had obtained a reduction in the hours of labour. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z An English agricultural labourer and an English pauper, these words are synonymous. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 At his death England was prosperous, the people progressing in comfort, the population advancing, the agricultural labourers were increasing in numbers, the value of the land had risen and was rising. A Short History of English Agriculture To secure the vote for the agricultural labourer seemed to be the first step towards the improvement of his lot. Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences Mrs. Bernard noticed that the hands of the man who was threatening her with violence were not those of an agricultural labourer, because they were small and white. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent I was engaged in it for many years, and I remember the time when there were 950,000 agricultural labourers and others employed on the land. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z Since that year the incendiarisms have been repeated every winter, with each recurring unemployed season of the agricultural labourers. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 The agricultural labourer's difficulty in building a house was aggravated by the statute 31 Eliz., c. A Short History of English Agriculture Even ten years later, Lord Goschen, who was by nature distrustful of popular movements, prognosticated that, if ever the Union with Ireland were lost, it would be lost through the votes of the agricultural labourers. Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences It concerns a group of peasants, agricultural labourers, inhabitants of Fidding, a village gradually yielding to the encroachments by tram and villa of the neighbouring town. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04 A great movement, in which this household is engaged, is now beginning to put women on the land, and so replace the agricultural labourers who have gone either into the armies or the munition factories. The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend When the farmers become Liberals, i.e., conscious bourgeois, the agricultural labourers will inevitably become Chartists and Socialists; the first change involves the second. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 In spite of the high wages of agricultural labourers, the movement towards the towns noticed by Richard II continued. A Short History of English Agriculture In 1848 the widespread misery among the English working class, both agricultural labourers and the operatives in cities, broke out in a startling way in the Chartist movement. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century In practice, domestic servitude exists to this day in great Muhammadan households, and multitudes of agricultural labourers have a very dim consciousness of personal freedom. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Tariff Reform may assist the manufacturer and artisan by imposing duties at the ports, and the farmer and agricultural labourer by cheapening transit and encouraging food production within the United Kingdom. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union Like the operatives, the agricultural labourers are thoroughly indifferent to the repeal or non-repeal of the Corn Laws. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 It was a period of terrible distress for the agricultural labourer. A Short History of English Agriculture With regard to the general conduct of assigned agricultural labourers, there was a considerable diversity of opinion. A Source Book of Australian History In the seats of the textile industry the decline has been very severe, although wages are fairly good; among the agricultural labourers the rate is also low. Outspoken Essays Like others who might be named, he has not the honour to be an agricultural labourer; but no living man has sung at greater length of rural life, and its simple joys. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 10, 1892 For every agricultural labourer seeks to become a tenant-farmer, and though the division of land has gone so far, there still remain numbers of labourers in competition for plots. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 The agricultural labourer as we understand him, a landless man working solely for wages in cash, was almost unknown. A Short History of English Agriculture The overcrowding of agricultural labourers and their families in miserable cottages, often out of repair and letting in the rain, has long been a scandal. Rebuilding Britain A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War I might become an agricultural labourer,—but that's not very munificently paid; or a farmer,—but that would require perhaps more capital than I could command, and anyhow the profits are uncertain. My Friend Prospero So that there were in Ireland about five agricultural labourers for every two that there were for the same quantity of land in Great Britain. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times The agricultural labourers have not decent houses,—only miserable huts, to live in. Thrift As regards the agricultural labourer, the chief effect of the depression had been a reduction of the number employed and a consequent decrease in the regularity of employment. A Short History of English Agriculture The object of this rule, however, was obvious and well meant enough; it was framed to induce agricultural labourers to remain at their usual employments, in order that the crops might be sown. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines The woman across the Green who did her washing had six children and a husband who was an agricultural labourer and earned eighteen and sixpence a week. If Winter Comes The agricultural labourer has all along regarded the Creamery side of co-operation with absolute dislike. Ireland Since Parnell No one sleeps so soundly as an agricultural labourer; and as the nearest hamlet was at some distance it is not surprising that they did not wake. The Amateur Poacher In London the agricultural labourer, of whom she had heard much, had been to her as a pawn in the game of discussion. Marcella Londoners no doubt see little of organised labour, and even less of industrial co-operation: the agricultural labourer is to them almost a foreigner: the Welsh miner belongs to another race. The History of the Fabian Society So far as that is concerned, it still remains to be decided finally whether a Jew will be an agricultural labourer, if he is a decently paid agricultural labourer. The New Jerusalem My mind carries me back to the time when the agricultural labourer in Munster was working for four shillings a week, and trying to rear a family on it! Ireland Since Parnell We are glad to see the men of Fife thus taking the lead in creating new openings for the agricultural labourer. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 18, 1891 Glass Buttons were formerly in use among canal boatmen, miners, and agricultural labourers, in certain districts. Rides on Railways I had many experiences of the honesty of the agricultural labourer, but one especially remains in my mind. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor In England many agricultural labourers were earning starvation wages, were living on bad and scanty food, and were housed so wretchedly that they might envy the hounds their dry and clean kennels. Great Britain and Her Queen Ancient Britons wore trousers, drawn tight above the ankles, after the fashion still current amongst agricultural labourers. Early Britain—Roman Britain "The ordinary agricultural labourers are employed on the land only during the busy seasons of the year, and in slack times a few are attracted to large trade-centres for temporary work." The Case for India When an alteration of the law settlement has released from parish bondage and vegetation those adscripti glebæ agricultural labourers, the advantage of our network of railways will be still more felt. Rides on Railways Tricker, as a very typical representative of the agricultural labourer in old age, was engaged as model for a figure in a picture by Mr. Chevalier Taylor, then staying in Badsey. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor Had they been strong, handy agricultural labourers, their lot would have been easy enough. The Long White Cloud There is an obvious connection between the status of the agricultural labourer and the inefficiency of rural schools. Women Workers in Seven Professions Of agricultural labourers All men carry on agriculture by means of slaves or freemen or both. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro Educated agricultural labourers are rare, much prized, and soon promoted to be overseers and bailiffs. Rides on Railways The agricultural labourer is inclined, both with weights and measures, to be inaccurate, "reckoning it's near enough." Grain and Chaff from an English Manor I learned then some of the lessons as to the agricultural labourer and the land that I was able in after-years to teach from the platform. Annie Besant An Autobiography The trouble was nominally about the agricultural labourer and his minimum wage. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 1, 1917. The agricultural labourers, in our example, were paid in corn, and if we had called them weavers, we should have supposed them to be paid in cloth. Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy I find it very hard to believe that our agricultural labourers have gone backwards in this respect; I should imagine it was rather the other way. The Silent Isle The agricultural labourer, and the countryman generally, does not recognize any form of property beyond land, houses, buildings, farm stock, and visible chattels. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor Nothing so extravagant, of course, distinguishes the movement among the agricultural labourers of this country. Hodge and His Masters Young people hear shriller sounds than older people, and I am told there is a proverb in Dorsetshire, that no agricultural labourer who is more than forty years old, can hear a bat squeak. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development On Sunday our grand old church was crowded, and, although our villagers are mostly agricultural labourers, yet they breathlessly listened to a sermon forty minutes long, and apparently took in every word of it. The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) Unless you happen to be a very taking speaker--which his greatest friends could not accuse the present writer of being--agricultural labourers are a most unsympathetic audience. A Cotswold Village The year 1900 saw the passing of a Workmen's Compensation Act, which extended the benefits of the act of 1807 to agricultural labourers. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Who calls together an audience of agricultural labourers to explain to and interest them in the story of their own country? Hodge and His Masters The crowds of agricultural labourers who had come out to the country in his wake, dazzled by representations of easy independence, had suffered, died, and wasted away. Tess of the d'Urbervilles It was complained by many that the agricultural labourers had no share in electing members of parliament. Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901 Then again agricultural labourers who are unable to find work go off to the coal mines and big towns; some go into the army; others emigrate. A Cotswold Village A large number of agricultural labourers were thus only in partial employment, and their withdrawal from the land was of minor importance as compared with the shrinkage in the number of those permanently employed. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 But an agricultural labourer who has planted his own place feels an affection for it. Hodge and His Masters On the whole, the condition of the agricultural labourer here contrasts very unfavourably with that of the peasant owner described elsewhere. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" He looked more like a smuggler or a sailor than an agricultural labourer, and his skin was bronzed by long exposure to the weather. Run to Earth A Novel The diocese of Hippo had to deal with many houses and immense fundi, upon which lived an entire population of artisans and freed-men, agricultural labourers, and even art-workers—smelters, embroiderers, chisellers on metals. Saint Augustin The average rate of pay to an agricultural labourer is about threepence a day in addition to food, which may cost another penny a day. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 But when the agricultural labourer has a quit-rent cottage, or one of his own, he has a permanent resource, and can look round for another engagement. Hodge and His Masters On the whole, want of comfort, cleanliness, and order apart, I should say that even such a condition contrasts favourably with that of an English agricultural labourer. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" "Who is that old man opposite?" asked Lionel of the agricultural labourer to whom he had been talking. Run to Earth A Novel When a grammarian talked thus, what could have been the thoughts of agricultural labourers, city workmen, and slaves? Saint Augustin A first instalment of this programme was given by Mr. Chamberlain in a speech at Birmingham, which advocated restriction of game-preserving, provision of land for agricultural labourers, and better housing. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 The influence of the low public upon the agricultural labourer's life is incalculable—it is his club, almost his home. Hodge and His Masters I would again remark that any comparison between the condition of the English agricultural labourer and the French peasant proprietor is irrelevant and inconclusive. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Of the inferior agricultural labourers, employed on the farms of the nobles and richer ecclesiastics, I find nowhere due notice, nor does any historian seriously examine their manner of life. Val d'Arno Under "machines" too may be included railway communications: also let us not forget how much the agricultural labourer owes, not only to drills and mowing-machines, but to boot-sewing machines, improved tea-ships, etc. Speculations from Political Economy The agricultural labourers had been debased by the abuses of the old Poor-law into a condition upon which one looks back now with half-incredulous horror. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Now there is nothing exceptionally characteristic of the agricultural labourer in the career of such a man. Hodge and His Masters After describing the state of matters generally, he added, 'Such was the melancholy condition of the agricultural labourers, that it always gave him the greatest pain to allude to it.' The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished An old agricultural labourer, he had a grey face and grey hair and throat-beard; he stooped a good deal, and struck me as being very feeble and long past work. A Traveller in Little Things We may suppose that the produce of the duty, were it five or eight millions, or any other sum, was employed in remitting the duties on tea or other productions generally consumed by agricultural labourers. Speculations from Political Economy Incidentally it may be said that it is also the healthiest, that, speaking generally, the agricultural labourer is the healthiest and sanest man in the land, if not also the happiest, as some believe. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs The agricultural labourer's wife, indeed, has a harder lot than her husband. Hodge and His Masters Typhoid patients and, above all, malarious subjects who descend to the plains as agricultural labourers and return infected to the hills, where they become partially cured, only to repeat the folly next year. Old Calabria Everywhere it was greeted with the waving of hats and handkerchiefs; but I saw one old man, apparently an agricultural labourer, who was not content with uncovering his head when the train went by. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 These people are more ignorant than our worst educated agricultural labourers. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia It is a pity that the history of this rising of the agricultural labourer, the most patient and submissive of men, has never been written. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs The settled agricultural labourer, of all others, has the least inducement to strike or leave his work. Hodge and His Masters Weavers and miners were starving, agricultural labourers were driven into the new workhouses, and riots were of common occurrence. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction The agricultural labourer in many parts of England still looks to the poorhouse as a natural and necessary asylum for old age. Problems of Poverty But have you ever heard an agricultural labourer in clogs or heavy boots ascend a stair? Prince Zaleski He has hands like an agricultural labourer, and a brogue that I fancy comes from Galway. Hyacinth If ever a man deserved a good glass of beer it is the agricultural labourer upon the conclusion of his day's work, exposed as he is to the wear and tear of the elements. Hodge and His Masters The wages of agricultural labourers, have risen by more than one-third. Towards the Goal The southern agricultural labourer and the whole body of low-skilled workers were probably in most respects as well off a century and a half ago as they are to-day. Problems of Poverty I doubt if there will be any agricultural labourers drawing wages in Utopia. A Modern Utopia The worst found and worst taught class in England is that of the agricultural labourers, who have been for centuries left entirely in the hands of the Established Church. God and my Neighbour Here, in the agricultural labourer class, are many hundred thousand young men exactly in this stage, educating themselves in moral, social, and political opinion. Hodge and His Masters Nothing is so contrary to fact as the common opinion that the agricultural labourer and his family are stupid and unintelligent. The Life of the Fields How comparatively happy is the present state of our agricultural labourers; and so would be that of the farmer, if rent was as low now as it was at that period.—Ed. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 Her father was an agricultural labourer, and lived in a little four-roomed, whitewashed cottage about a mile and a half out of the village. Catharine Furze This happened in the days of the Joseph Arch agitation, when the agricultural labourer's condition was being hotly discussed throughout the country. Afoot in England There are many who are only too anxious to use the agricultural labourer as the means to effect ends which he scarcely understands. Hodge and His Masters If one in every parish, one in every county, would do so, then the agricultural labourers of the country might live almost as well as the farmers' pigs. The American Senator The old servants about the place had the dumb loyal attachment to the child of the land, common to most agricultural labourers; not often stirred into activity or expression. Cousin Phillis Mr Malthus has proposed for this purpose to consider a day's labour of an agricultural labourer, as the unit to which all value should be referred. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures The contrast between the French small landowner and the English agricultural labourer is very great. Mr. Hogarth's Will You may see the agricultural labourers' wives, for instance, on a Saturday leave the village in a bevy of ten or a dozen, and all march in to the same tradesman. Hodge and His Masters The ‘masses’ of our agricultural labourers,—the ‘masses’ of our manufacturing workmen, were fast falling into that state in the days of our grandfathers. Roman and the Teuton Ordinary masons for building walls can even now be obtained for 2 shillings 6 pence and 3 shillings, and agricultural labourers receive 1 shilling. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 To have struck the agricultural labourer, a very indifferent observer, the Shrike's choice of materials must be remarkably persistent. Bramble-Bees and Others I knew you would sympathize with this plan, and with another which I have also in my head—to build new cottages for all the agricultural labourers on the estate. Mr. Hogarth's Will The complaint of the poor character of the work performed by the agricultural labourer seems also true of other departments, where labour—pure and simple labour of thews and sinews—is concerned. Hodge and His Masters When the Reform Act of 1884 added the agricultural labourer to the electors of representatives in Parliament, every interest had a voice. Short History of Wales The men were miners and agricultural labourers, who had never seen more bloodshed than a cut finger in their lives. The Great Boer War "They were just nothing at all," he said "agricultural labourers and that sort." Howards End "They were just nothing at all," he said, "--agricultural labourers and that sort." Howards End Busy workmen pass to and fro, lithe men, quick of step and motion, who come from Leeds, or some similar manufacturing town, and whose very step distinguishes them in a moment from the agricultural labourer. Hodge and His Masters The third Reform Act enfranchised the agricultural labourer and the country artisan. Short History of Wales Trembling, and with a sickening pain in his lungs, he threw off his coat, wrenched a bucket from a huge agricultural labourer, who resigned it with awe, and joined the string of workers. The Country House Accordingly they came down to the House at twelve this day, and agreed to reduce the apprenticeship to seven years for the agricultural labourers, and to five years for the skilled labourers. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 These facts seem to indicate that the manufacturer is both in a more comfortable and in a less dependent situation than the agricultural labourer. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 The porter, whilom an agricultural labourer, looks after them with a long and steady stare. Hodge and His Masters It contained 400 or 500 inhabitants, scattered over a rather large area, and consisting entirely of farmers and agricultural labourers. The Way of All Flesh The wages of the common agricultural labourer, from March to September, were fixed at the precise amount mentioned by Petty, namely four shillings a week without food. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 The interest of this quotation lies in the fact that, all unconsciously, so intelligent a man as Hawthorne had been reduced to the mental state of our agricultural labourers in revolt against the country life. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft When looking about for this purpose, his eye naturally fell on the slaves, the domestic servants, and the free agricultural labourers. Russia Among them, shoulder to shoulder, are numbers of agricultural labourers, their wives, and daughters, dressed in their best for the occasion. Hodge and His Masters I ceased to qualify my statement that Protection would make food dearer for the agricultural labourer. The New Machiavelli Part of these gain a miserable pittance as agricultural labourers, and live in a condition infinitely worse than serfage. Russia The distinction between slaves, agricultural labourers, and peasants has completely disappeared. Russia Had the colonists of the Finnish country been men of Anglo-Saxon race, they would in all probability have taken possession of the land and reduced the natives to the condition of agricultural labourers. Russia The pigsties are full of weeds; he can hardly fatten one for his own use, and has scarcely better facilities for keeping pigs than an agricultural labourer. Hodge and His Masters Immediately above the slaves were the free agricultural labourers, who had no permanent domicile, but wandered about the country and settled temporarily where they happened to find work and satisfactory remuneration. Russia |
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