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... four ; two running from east to west , and two from north to south . One of them commenced in Manchester and ter- minated at York , running by the present site of the Infirmary to Ardwick , across Ancoats Lane , towards Bradford , over ...
... four ; two running from east to west , and two from north to south . One of them commenced in Manchester and ter- minated at York , running by the present site of the Infirmary to Ardwick , across Ancoats Lane , towards Bradford , over ...
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... Four great battles were thus won in Lancashire , the fruit of which was that the Angles were driven northward . It is recorded that Manchester had been infested by the presence of a ferocious giant , Sir Torquil or Tarquin , who kept no ...
... Four great battles were thus won in Lancashire , the fruit of which was that the Angles were driven northward . It is recorded that Manchester had been infested by the presence of a ferocious giant , Sir Torquil or Tarquin , who kept no ...
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... four brave knights in bondage in the Castle of Manchester until they were liberated by one of Arthur's knights , Sir Launcelot de Lake . The graphic description of this monster by Mr. Hollingworth partakes strongly of the nature of ...
... four brave knights in bondage in the Castle of Manchester until they were liberated by one of Arthur's knights , Sir Launcelot de Lake . The graphic description of this monster by Mr. Hollingworth partakes strongly of the nature of ...
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... and the lord of those days received from the hands of his patron several manors in this vicinity , belonging to the Pilkington family ; but he had much difficulty in retaining them . him were eight fellows , four clerks , and six 16.
... and the lord of those days received from the hands of his patron several manors in this vicinity , belonging to the Pilkington family ; but he had much difficulty in retaining them . him were eight fellows , four clerks , and six 16.
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James Wheeler (of Prestwich.) him were eight fellows , four clerks , and six choristers , who were conjointly styled " the Guild or Company of the Blessed Virgin in Manchester . " This simple building , in which our fathers met to ...
James Wheeler (of Prestwich.) him were eight fellows , four clerks , and six choristers , who were conjointly styled " the Guild or Company of the Blessed Virgin in Manchester . " This simple building , in which our fathers met to ...
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Page 463 - He was a man, take him for all in all, We shall not look upon his like again: I know that statement's not original: What statement is, since Shakspere?
Page 459 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased ; The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 414 - The hours of attendance shall be from nine to twelve in the morning and from two to five in the afternoon.
Page 149 - An eminent manufacturer in that age," said he, " used to be in his warehouse before six in the morning, accompanied by his children and apprentices. At seven they all came in to breakfast, which consisted of one large dish of water-pottage, made of oatmeal, water, and a little salt, boiled thick, and poured into a dish. At the side was a pan or basin of milk, and the master and apprentices, each with a wooden spoon in his hand, without loss of time, dipped into the same dish, and thence into the...
Page 61 - ... having of May games, Whitsun ales, and morris dances, and the setting up of maypoles and other sports therewith used, so as the same be had in due and convenient time, without impediment or neglect of divine service...
Page 364 - How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle ! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : very pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
Page 151 - Manchester merchants began to give out warps and raw cotton to the weavers, receiving them back in cloth, and paying for the carding, roving, spinning, and weaving...
Page 372 - But lo ! the dome — the vast and wondrous dome, To which Diana's marvel was a cell — Christ's mighty shrine above his martyr's tomb ! I have beheld the Ephesian's miracle; — Its columns strew the wilderness, and dwell The hyaena and the jackal in their shade; I have beheld Sophia's bright roofs swell Their glittering mass i...
Page 506 - I have succeeded better than many who surround me, in the different walks of life, it has been chiefly, nay, I may say almost solely, from unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from any superior genius that one man possesses over another, but more from attention to study and perseverance in the objects before them, that some men rise to greater eminence than others.
Page 511 - ... the left, and taught him to do homage to no authority before that of truth. Fixing his eye on the highest views of science, his experiments had never an insulated character, but were always made as contributions towards some important end, — were among the steps towards some lofty generalization. And with a most happy prescience of the points towards which the rays of scattered experiments were converging, he had more than once seen light, while to other eyes all was yet in darkness ; — out...