British Merchant Seamen in San Francisco, 1892-1898E. Arnold, 1899 - 206 pàgines |
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... reasons , is so largely developed amongst merchant seamen , there is , on the other hand , probably no class of men who can laugh more heartily and with a more genuine ring , showing that under the outer garment of so - called ...
... reasons , is so largely developed amongst merchant seamen , there is , on the other hand , probably no class of men who can laugh more heartily and with a more genuine ring , showing that under the outer garment of so - called ...
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... reason seamen have to pay so largely for clothes in ports is that they might , after making pur- chases , desert the ship with their effects and leave the tailor unpaid . As a matter of fact , however , a sailor is not often allowed to ...
... reason seamen have to pay so largely for clothes in ports is that they might , after making pur- chases , desert the ship with their effects and leave the tailor unpaid . As a matter of fact , however , a sailor is not often allowed to ...
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... reason- able pocket - money , and that if any men are entitled to it by every law of right and nature , they are seamen on long - voyage sailing - ships . The intense desire of the sailors on these ships for change such as has been ...
... reason- able pocket - money , and that if any men are entitled to it by every law of right and nature , they are seamen on long - voyage sailing - ships . The intense desire of the sailors on these ships for change such as has been ...
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... reason why a number of men , if they had the power to choose , would go to the tailor who charged exorbitant prices for clothes , not because they wished to be robbed , but simply because they knew they could borrow cash from him ...
... reason why a number of men , if they had the power to choose , would go to the tailor who charged exorbitant prices for clothes , not because they wished to be robbed , but simply because they knew they could borrow cash from him ...
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... reason that they had the use of a fair proportion of their wages- viz . , the amount they earned in port ; whilst the money earned at sea on the voyage out and home would be a good sum to take when the ship reached home . In addition to ...
... reason that they had the use of a fair proportion of their wages- viz . , the amount they earned in port ; whilst the money earned at sea on the voyage out and home would be a good sum to take when the ship reached home . In addition to ...
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