and they themselves are often famished with hunger , and wretched with the miseries of wintercold sleepless nights , when they get u to rock the cradle cramped in a corner and rise before dawn to card and comb the wool , to wash and scrub and mendthere are many more who suffer like themmen who go hungry and thirsty all day long , and strive their utmost to hide itashamed to beg , or tell their neighbors of their need .