The Worthies of Yorkshire and Lancashire;: Being Lives of the Most Distinguished Persons that Have Been Born In, Or Connected With, Those ProvincesWhittaker and Company; Simpkin, Marshall, and Company; John Cross, Leeds; Bancks and Company Manchester; Grapel, Liverpool., 1836 - Lancashire (England) - 732 pages |
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... manner of those that write , or perhaps rather of those that buy , pretty books for children . The romance of history only differs from other romances by requiring no invention . But it will be said , that it is quite natural that we ...
... manner of those that write , or perhaps rather of those that buy , pretty books for children . The romance of history only differs from other romances by requiring no invention . But it will be said , that it is quite natural that we ...
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... manner which shews him apprehensive that the Episcopal party might go to extremes . The inhabitants of Hull were especially desirous to obtain the patronage of their own made a bugbear of by those loyal persons who hold that the removal ...
... manner which shews him apprehensive that the Episcopal party might go to extremes . The inhabitants of Hull were especially desirous to obtain the patronage of their own made a bugbear of by those loyal persons who hold that the removal ...
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... manner that I cannot see how it is possible ever to knit them again ; the only trouble that I have is , lest by our misintelligence your business should receive any dis- advantage . Truly I believe that as to your public trust , and the ...
... manner that I cannot see how it is possible ever to knit them again ; the only trouble that I have is , lest by our misintelligence your business should receive any dis- advantage . Truly I believe that as to your public trust , and the ...
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... manner in which they had been deprived , was indeed an act of jus- tice , had not been proposed to the convention , but was speedily carried by the Parliament of 1661 . The bill of conformity shortly followed , which by a strange coinci ...
... manner in which they had been deprived , was indeed an act of jus- tice , had not been proposed to the convention , but was speedily carried by the Parliament of 1661 . The bill of conformity shortly followed , which by a strange coinci ...
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... manner of writing is ever remarkable . He never mentions how he himself or any other member voted ; but speaks of the pro- ceedings of the House as if he had always been of the majority . He even talks in one place of the princely ...
... manner of writing is ever remarkable . He never mentions how he himself or any other member voted ; but speaks of the pro- ceedings of the House as if he had always been of the majority . He even talks in one place of the princely ...
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