| William Rogers - 1888 - 250 דפים
...bed-ridden ; persons of at least doubtful temperance ; out-door paupers ; men and women of 70 and even 80 years of age; persons who spell badly (mostly women,...scarcely write, and who cannot cipher at all." Mr. Wilkinson observed exactly the same in St. Pancras, St. George's in the East, and Chelsea. " The profession... | |
| Great Britain. Commission to inquire into the present state of popular education in England - 1861 - 738 דפים
...persons who spell badly (mostly " women, I grieve to say), who can scarcely write, and who cun" not cipher at all." Mr. Wilkinson's account of the matter...is a mere refuge for the destitute, and enumerates grocer?, tobacconists, linendrapers, tailors, attorneys, painters, German, Polish, and Italian refugees,... | |
| William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1861 - 592 דפים
...advanced stage, cripples almost bedridden, persons of at least doubtful temperance, outdoor paupers, men and women of seventy and even eighty years of...scarcely write, and who cannot cipher at all.' Mr. Winder, who examined one of the manufacturing districts, asserts that hardly any one is brought up... | |
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