In No. 1 of this street the cholera first appeared seventeen years ago, and spread up it with fearful virulence; but this year it appeared at the opposite end, and ran down it with like severity. Henry Mayhew agoappearcholera Change image and share on social
Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved. Henry Mayhew badballetcase Change image and share on social
There is a tone of morality throughout the rural districts of England, which is unhappily wanting in the large towns and the centres of particular manufactures. Henry Mayhew centredistrictengland Change image and share on social
Facts, according to my ideas, are merely the elements of truths, and not the truths themselves; of all matters there are none so utterly useless by themselves as your mere matters of fact. Henry Mayhew elementfactidea Change image and share on social
The deductive method is the mode of using knowledge, and the inductive method the mode of acquiring it. Henry Mayhew acquiredeductiveinductive Change image and share on social
We then journeyed on to London Street, down which the tidal ditch continues its course. Henry Mayhew continueditchjourney Change image and share on social
The essential quality of an animal is that it seeks its own living, whereas a vegetable has its living brought to it. Henry Mayhew animalbringessential Change image and share on social
The costermongers' boys will, I am informed, cheat their employers, but they do not steal from them. Henry Mayhew boycheatcostermonger Change image and share on social
But the branches of industry are so multifarious, the divisions of labour so minutes and manifold, that it seems at first almost impossible to reduce them to any system. Henry Mayhew branchdivisionimpossible Change image and share on social
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings. Henry Mayhew acquirecallconsent share on social
