But the present task was hateful to him; for any big-armed yokel, or common wood-hewer, might have done as much as he could do, and perhaps more, at it, and could have taken the same wage over it.

Among the handworkers in the shoe factories, the least skilled are those found in the sole-leather department, if there is one. Their work, described in Chapter III, requires little judgment and less dexterity […]

The greatest favour grimful Death can show Is with swift dart to expedite the blow.

Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead! / Sit and watch by her side an hour.