Summer Rambles Around ManchesterJ. Heywood, 1890 - 235 pàgines |
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Frases i termes més freqüents
Adlington Adlington Hall afterwards Agden Agden Hall Altrincham ancient appearance architects architecture Assheton Bacup beautiful belonged black-and-white Bolton Bradshaw Brooke building built Bury Byron called canal chancel chapel Charles Charles Towneley Cheshire Chester Chester Cathedral church cross daughter Derby district Earl Eccles Edward Egerton England estates farmhouse feet front gables Henry interesting Irwell King lake Lancashire land lane Legh Leigh Lord Lyme Lyme Hall Manchester manor mansion Marple married Mersey Middleton miles mill monuments noble Northwich Old Hall Ordsall Ordsall Hall Ormskirk parish park passed perhaps picturesque pleasant present century Prestbury Prestwich probably Radcliffe reign relics residence restored Richard river road Rochdale Rostherne round Royton salt says seat Shaw Hall Sir John Smithells Stanley Stockport Street Tatton Tatton Hall Tonge tower town Towneley Trafford trees Venables village Warburton Wardley Wardley Hall Warrington wife Wilmslow Worsley Wythenshawe Yorkshire
Passatges populars
Pàgina 61 - That the People are, under God, the Original of all just Power: And do also Declare, that the Commons of England, in Parliament assembled, being chosen by, and representing the People, have the Supreme Power in this Nation...
Pàgina 110 - ... with equal speed, but not to the same distance ; forming a shorter circle, and again returning with a bolder and more threatening aspect than before, they approach much nearer, probably within thirty yards, when they make another stand, and again...
Pàgina 39 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Pàgina 21 - I'le drink to the Garlands a-round it: But first unto those Whose hands did compose The glory of flowers that crown'd it.
Pàgina 214 - When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight...
Pàgina 109 - At the first appearance of any person they set off at full speed, and gallop to a considerable distance ; when they make a wheel round, and come boldly up again, tossing their heads in a menacing manner: on a sudden they make a full stop, at the distance of forty or fifty yards, looking wildly at the object of their surprise ; but upon the least motion being...
Pàgina 114 - A wall plate on the outside of one beam, from end to end, measures two feet by ten inches. The walls are finished at the square, with a moulded cornice of oak. The pillar at the right has neither capital nor moulding, and appears to have been inserted at a later period when the hall underwent repair.
Pàgina 81 - Here comes all that breeds the strife; I in England have already A sweet woman to my wife: I will not falsify my vow for gold nor gain, Nor yet for all the fairest dames that live in Spain.
Pàgina 136 - ... hath had a superstitious veneration paid to it by [the occupiers of the Hall] not permitting it to be removed from its situation, which is on the topmost step of a staircase. There is a tradition that, if removed or ill-used, some uncommon noise and disturbance always follows, to the terror of the whole house ; yet I cannot persuade myself this is always the case. But, some years ago, I and three of my acquaintances went to view this surprising piece of household furniture, and found it as above...
Pàgina 61 - That whatsoever is enacted and declared law by the Commons of England, assembled in Parliament, hath the force of law, and all the people of this nation are included thereby, although the consent and concurrence of the King and House of Peers be not had thereunto.™ Such was the theory: the practical inferences were not tardy in their arrival, after the theory.