Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Volume 23

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Chetham Society., 1891

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Page 350 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Page 245 - Of ill-shap'd fishes ; and about his shelves A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds, Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scatter'd to make up a show.
Page 199 - Society shall be limited to three hundred and fifty members. 2. That the Society shall consist of members being subscribers of one pound annually, such subscription to be paid in advance, on or before the day of general meeting in each year. The...
Page 379 - System of\Nature, and the Constitution of Man to the Truth of the Doctrines of Scripture. In eight discourses preached before the University of Cambridge in the year 1837. With a Memoir of the Founder of the Lecture, the Rev. John Hulse.
Page 386 - Collegiate Church of Manchester from its Foundation in 1422 to the present time. By RC Clifton, MA, Canon. 1850. 8vo. (See my copy given to me by the Bishop of Manchester, with his lordship's critical and historical remarks in MS. — keen, stringent, and unanswerable. The pamphlet was ably replied to by Thomas Turner, Esq., Barrister-at-law, a friend of the Bishop's.) 5. — Thoughts on the Sixth Chapter of St. Johns Gospel. A sermon preached in the Cathedral and Parish Church of Manchester, on...
Page 263 - written and published at the Request of the late and present Officers of the Town of Manchester
Page 231 - To make ambassadors of God. So perfect is the Christian scheme, 'He that from thence shall take his theme. And time to have it understood, His sermon cannot but be good: If he will needs be preaching stuff, No time indeed is short enough; E'en let him read it like a letter, The sooner it is done, the better. But for a man that has a head, Like yours or mine, 1 'd like to have said.
Page 250 - Two or three of his people, one of my brothers, two or three of mine, and Mr. Broughton of Exeter College, desired likewise to spend six evenings in a week with us from six to nine o'clock, partly in reading and considering a chapter of the Greek Testament and partly in close conversation.
Page 199 - Society. 5. That every member not in arrear of his annual subscription, be entitled to a copy of each of the works published by the Society. 6. That twenty copies of each work shall be allowed to the editor of the same, in addition to the one to whi .': he may be entitled as a member.
Page 234 - P. health, for we had had no dinner; we sat there till Secretary Murray(') came to let us know that the P. was at leisure and had done supper, so we were all introduced and had the honour to kiss his hand; my papa was fetched prisoner to do the same, as was Dr.

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