Manchester: its political, social and commercial historyWhittaker, 1836 - 538 pages |
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... Oldham , & c . - Compa- rative Wages at Manchester and Glasgow of Males and Females - Improvidence of Working Class - Trades ' Unions - Foreign Competition - Table of Earnings , & c . in England , America , France , viii CONTENTS .
... Oldham , & c . - Compa- rative Wages at Manchester and Glasgow of Males and Females - Improvidence of Working Class - Trades ' Unions - Foreign Competition - Table of Earnings , & c . in England , America , France , viii CONTENTS .
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... England - Early History- Attempts to Rear the Silk Worm in England - Machinery - Rise of Manchester Trade - Duties on Raw and Thrown Silk prior and subsequent to 1824 - Silk Throwing -Price - Wages - Processes - Exports since 1827 ...
... England - Early History- Attempts to Rear the Silk Worm in England - Machinery - Rise of Manchester Trade - Duties on Raw and Thrown Silk prior and subsequent to 1824 - Silk Throwing -Price - Wages - Processes - Exports since 1827 ...
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... England . This honorable distinction , though little flattering to the vanity of some , is one which has been slowly earned by the inhabitants of the extended circuit to which it is applied , and more especially by that section of the ...
... England . This honorable distinction , though little flattering to the vanity of some , is one which has been slowly earned by the inhabitants of the extended circuit to which it is applied , and more especially by that section of the ...
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... England . These stations were rendered more secure by being linked together through the medium of watch - towers planted on the highest points of the country , such as Rivington Pike , Pendle Hill , . Castleshaw , Longridge Fell , & c ...
... England . These stations were rendered more secure by being linked together through the medium of watch - towers planted on the highest points of the country , such as Rivington Pike , Pendle Hill , . Castleshaw , Longridge Fell , & c ...
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... England . William West , the eventual successor of this intrepid Baron , was withheld from his rank by the legislature , in consequence of a conspiracy to poison his uncle ; but he was nevertheless called up to Parliament by writ of ...
... England . William West , the eventual successor of this intrepid Baron , was withheld from his rank by the legislature , in consequence of a conspiracy to poison his uncle ; but he was nevertheless called up to Parliament by writ of ...
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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...