The Picture of Liverpool, Or Stranger's Guide1834 |
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... Railway . TO WHICH IS PREFIXED , A NEW AND CORRECT MAP OF THE TOWN . NEW EDITION . LIVERPOOL : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THOMAS TAYLOR , 31 , Castle - street , and 73 , Church - street ; And sold by him and the other Booksellers ...
... Railway . TO WHICH IS PREFIXED , A NEW AND CORRECT MAP OF THE TOWN . NEW EDITION . LIVERPOOL : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THOMAS TAYLOR , 31 , Castle - street , and 73 , Church - street ; And sold by him and the other Booksellers ...
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... Railway .. Page . .. 201 .. 202 .. 204 204 .. ·· 204 .. 205 .. 205 205 .. . 206 .. 206 .. 207 .. .. 208 209 .. .. 210 .. 211 .. 212 212 .. 212 .. 213 .. 214 221 CHAPTER I. HISTORY . Hic portus alii effodiunt : hic CONTENTS . xi.
... Railway .. Page . .. 201 .. 202 .. 204 204 .. ·· 204 .. 205 .. 205 205 .. . 206 .. 206 .. 207 .. .. 208 209 .. .. 210 .. 211 .. 212 212 .. 212 .. 213 .. 214 221 CHAPTER I. HISTORY . Hic portus alii effodiunt : hic CONTENTS . xi.
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... Railways , with their locomotive engines , from the decided advantages they offer for travelling and the conveyance of goods , may form an era in the improvements of the country , that may far transcend any thing that has hitherto ...
... Railways , with their locomotive engines , from the decided advantages they offer for travelling and the conveyance of goods , may form an era in the improvements of the country , that may far transcend any thing that has hitherto ...
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superior facilities for transit to every part of the country afforded by the railways and canals , with her daily increasing imports and exports from and to most parts of the globe , -we may fairly conjecture that so long as Britain ...
superior facilities for transit to every part of the country afforded by the railways and canals , with her daily increasing imports and exports from and to most parts of the globe , -we may fairly conjecture that so long as Britain ...
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... Railway Yard , where the omnibuses and other vehicles take up the pas- sengers who may have arrived by the Railway carriages , or set down those persons who are about to depart . A little to the west are situate the Botanic Gardens ...
... Railway Yard , where the omnibuses and other vehicles take up the pas- sengers who may have arrived by the Railway carriages , or set down those persons who are about to depart . A little to the west are situate the Botanic Gardens ...
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Page 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...
Page 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'.
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Page 90 - Ribble Water, in a direct line northerly, and so upon the south side of the said river to Hesketh Bank easterly...
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Page 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...
Page 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...