 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 1246 páginas
...occasions direct; when they have pitched upon their clath they lean over to the clothier and by a wlusper the price is stated ; one asks, the other bids, and they agree or disagree in a moment. In little more than half an hour all the business is done ; 10 or -JO.OOO.'. worth ef cloth, and sometimes... | |
 | William Beebey Lighton - 1836 - 270 páginas
...The mode of doing business is indeed peculiarly striking. "At 6 o'clock in the summer, and about 1 in the winter the market bell rings ; upon which,...business is done, ten or twenty thousand pound's worth of cloth, and sometimes more, are bought and sold with a whisper only ; the laws of the market here being... | |
 | William Beebey Lighton - 1838 - 262 páginas
...I spent the following night ; from thence, after disposing of such articles of clothing as I £ould best spare to obtain means to travel with, I went...disagree in a moment. In a little more than an hour all the business is done, ten or twenty thousand pound's worth of cloth, and sometimes more, are bought... | |
 | Katharine Coman, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1894 - 332 páginas
...cloths to their colors or that suit their occasions, they reach over to the clothier and whisper, and in the fewest words imaginable the price is stated; one asks, the other bids; and 'tis agree or not agree in a moment." Until 1750, the implements employed in textile industry were... | |
 | Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1900 - 540 páginas
...their Hands ; the Colours of which they match, by holding them to the Cloths they think they agree to. When they have pitched upon their Cloth, they lean...other bids ; and they agree or disagree in a Moment. The Reason of this prudent Silence is owing to the Clothiers standing so near to one another ; for... | |
 | Charles Jesse Bullock - 1907 - 732 páginas
...their Hands ; the Colours of which they match, by holding them to the Cloths they think they agree to. When they have pitched upon their Cloth, they lean...other bids ; and they agree or disagree in a Moment. The Reason of this prudent Silence is owing to the Clothiers standing so near to one another ; for... | |
 | Frederick William Roe - 1921 - 364 páginas
...their hands; the colours of which they watch, by holding them to the cloths they think they agree to. When they have pitched upon their cloth, they lean...other bids, and they agree or disagree in a moment. . . . The buyers generally walk up and down twice on each side of the rows, and in little more than... | |
 | Ephraim Lipson - 1921 - 298 páginas
...When they see any cloths that suit their occasion they reach over to the clothier and whisper, and in the fewest words imaginable the price is stated; one asks, the other bids; and 'tis agree or not agree, in a moment. The merchants and buyers generally walk down and up twice on... | |
 | Mary Evelyn Monckton Jones - 1922 - 220 páginas
...their hands ; the colours of which they match, by holding them to the cloths they think they agree to. When they have pitched upon their cloth, they lean...other bids ; and they agree or disagree in a moment. generally walk up and down twice on each side of the rows, and in little more than an hour all the... | |
 | Louis Wilfrid Moffit - 1925 - 366 páginas
...holding them to the Cloths they think agree to. When they have pitched upon their Cloth they lean over the Clothier and by a Whisper in the fewest Words...other bids ; and they agree or disagree in a Moment. The reason of this prudent Silence is owing to the Clothiers standing so near to one another ; for... | |
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Colours, or that suit their occasions, they reach over to the Clothier and whisper, and in the fewest Words imaginable the Price is stated ; one asks, the other bids ; and 'tis agree, or not agree, in a Moment. 
