Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . leven hundred looms were in operationin Taunton alone. Stockings, introduced in the time ofElizabeth, were becoming common in the reign of Anne,and nine thousand stocking-looms were now in operation. Some iron was smelted, but only by charcoal, and this tookso much wood that the smelting business was not carriedon to any extent. Very few articles of iron were madein Britain; even frying-pans and anvils were pottery was becoming common,
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . leven hundred looms were in operationin Taunton alone. Stockings, introduced in the time ofElizabeth, were becoming common in the reign of Anne,and nine thousand stocking-looms were now in operation. Some iron was smelted, but only by charcoal, and this tookso much wood that the smelting business was not carriedon to any extent. Very few articles of iron were madein Britain; even frying-pans and anvils were pottery was becoming common, but the peasantsstill ate off wooden trenchers. Fine porcelain was broughtfrom Holland for the wealthy*classes. The peasants lived in miserable hovels with mud floors andthatched roofs. They received less than one shilling a day,and in summer worked from 5 to , with twohours off for meals. They had few comforts, wore coarsehomespun clothes, ate little wheat bread, never tasted tea orcoffee, and had meat perhaps twice a week. They wereignorant and often vicious; their pleasures were coarse but 210 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1702-14. hearty—country fairs, dances, wrestling and grinning matches, and middle classes, chiefly farmers, tradesmen, and owners of small manufactories, lived in rude plenty. Their homeswere comfortable, even received some education andmade steady progress. Of the up-per classes, a fine beau of the daymay be taken as a good ten oclock until one he re-ceived visits in bed, wearing apowdered wig, and taking a pinchof snuff or a whiff at a smellingbottle. By three oclock he wasdressed, had perfumed his clothesand perhaps tinted his cheeks withcarmine. He now dipped his hand-kerchief in rose water, carefullytied his cravat, cocked his hatupon his head, and sallied out inDandy of the Seven- j^^g ^hair to a coffee-house, thereTEENTH Century . ^^ . x xi, i x . • r xi. to listen to the latest gossip of the court an
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