The Picture of Liverpool, Or Stranger's Guide1834 |
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... rise and vast increase offer ample matter to the contemplation of the statesman and the political economist ; and per- haps its history , notwithstanding it possesses little of the rust of antiquity , may present to the philo- sopher ...
... rise and vast increase offer ample matter to the contemplation of the statesman and the political economist ; and per- haps its history , notwithstanding it possesses little of the rust of antiquity , may present to the philo- sopher ...
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... rises a range of columns and pilasters , having rich and finely finished capitals . Between the pilasters are handsome well proportioned win- dows , with semicircular heads . On the western , southern , and eastern sides , the spaces ...
... rises a range of columns and pilasters , having rich and finely finished capitals . Between the pilasters are handsome well proportioned win- dows , with semicircular heads . On the western , southern , and eastern sides , the spaces ...
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... rise from massive piers . This affords a ready and convenient shelter from the inclemen- cies of the weather . The south fronts of the east and west wings are elegant specimens of the Corinthian order of architecture ; each is 60 feet ...
... rise from massive piers . This affords a ready and convenient shelter from the inclemen- cies of the weather . The south fronts of the east and west wings are elegant specimens of the Corinthian order of architecture ; each is 60 feet ...
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... rises a beautiful arched ceiling . The noble colonnade adds greatly to the grandeur of this apartment , which bespeaks the good taste and skill of the architect . The length of this room is 94 feet 3 inches , and the width 51 feet 9 ...
... rises a beautiful arched ceiling . The noble colonnade adds greatly to the grandeur of this apartment , which bespeaks the good taste and skill of the architect . The length of this room is 94 feet 3 inches , and the width 51 feet 9 ...
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... rises a stone chimney , having the form of an obelisk . The water that supplies the baths is received from the river into an extensive reservoir , which is capable of containing 800 tons of this element . The baths appropriated to the ...
... rises a stone chimney , having the form of an obelisk . The water that supplies the baths is received from the river into an extensive reservoir , which is capable of containing 800 tons of this element . The baths appropriated to the ...
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The Picture of Liverpool; Or Stranger's Guide: With Notices of the Environs ... Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1837 |
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adorned afford appropriated arches bath beautiful Bold-street Bootle borough brick Brunswick Dock built canal cast iron charity Cheshire church commodious Corinthian order decorated distance divine service docks Doric Duke-street east side edifice Edmund Aikin eight elegant Ellesmere canal entablature entrance erected established Everton extensive façade feet 6 inches feet high feet wide formed galleries George's girls Gothic handsome stone front houses inhabitants institution interior Ionic order James's King's Dock kingdom late likewise Liverpool Manchester mayor ment Mersey miles occupied opened order of architecture ornamented parish parliament pediment pews pilasters placed poor port portico present principal pupils purpose river river Mersey river Weaver Salthouse Dock situate society south end south side spacious specimen spire square steam steeple street structure supported by subscription surmounted tion tower Town Hall Toxteth Park trade ture vessels wall Water-street west end west side whole
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Էջ 28 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy, with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast.
Էջ 140 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud, instead, and ever-during dark, Surrounds me...
Էջ 28 - Then what is man? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, 30 And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Էջ 140 - Tunes her nocturnal note: thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn...
Էջ 92 - Had I been blessed with seeing and studying these emanations of genius at an earlier period of life, the sentiment of their preeminence would have animated all my exertions ; and more character, and expression, and life, would have pervaded all my humble attempts in historical painting'.
Էջ 5 - Walton a iiii miles of nat far froia the se is paroche chirch. The king hath a castelet there, and the erle of Darbe hath a stone howse there.
Էջ 90 - Ribble Water, in a direct line northerly, and so upon the south side of the said river to Hesketh Bank easterly...
Էջ 93 - Every thing here breathes life, with a veracity, with an exquisite knowledge of art, but without the least ostentation or parade of it, which is concealed by consummate and masterly skill.
Էջ 141 - ... have for the first time been eye-witnesses of the scene which it presents, without shedding tears of sympathy and delight. Nor has their interest in the establishment been diminished by a more intimate acquaintance with it. To behold a number of our fellow-creatures, whose previous situation was so truly deplorable, become at the same time happy and useful, produces a sensation of heartfelt satisfaction, which words are unable to express. " A circumstance, which at the same time that it is highly...
Էջ 48 - Stukeley, quite unconsciously. He said the trees were so frequent that branches and trunks were often struck by the plough. || Geological Map of England, 1819. it has been since ; but enough existed even then to give us a correct view of the whole subject. He says — " There is a subterranean forest, extending all the way " along the coast, from the Ribble at Penwortham near " Preston, to the Mersey at Liverpool. The inner line of " this forest takes in Longton Moss and Much Hoole, — " crosses...