 Manchester, and compare it with what it was at the close of the last and the commencement of the present century, we shall find that at that period the useful and industrial arts were comparatively of little importance.  Notes and Queries - Seite 131859Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1846 - 586 Seiten
...PLAYFAIR. THERE is no period in her literary history of which Scotland has more reason to be proud, than the close of the last and the commencement of the present century. Even yet the fame of Hume and Robertson, as historians; of Smith, Reid, and Ferguson, in metaphysics... | |
 | 1847 - 482 Seiten
...Legislature had held its sittings, previously to the union with Great Britain, which auspiciously signalised the close of the last, and the commencement of the present century. Here the native Parliament had given its last vote, upwards of forty years before ; when, within the... | |
 | Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1851 - 648 Seiten
...sufficient, with a population less dense than some of the States, to sustain 200,000,000 inhabitants. Near the close of the last, and the commencement of the present century, Agriculture, instructed by her handmaid, Science, stimulated by Manufacturing, and assisted by the... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1850 - 818 Seiten
...the benefits of such associations was the aim of various philanthropic individuals in England towards the close of the last and the commencement of the present century. Several institutions, bearing a close resemblance to our present Savings Banks, were founded at Wendover,... | |
 | 1856 - 624 Seiten
...which have come to pass " in the history of a place so memorable in the revival of religion, during the close of the last, and the commencement of the present century. It is important that the facts should be known, as to who stood firm in the day of past trial, such... | |
 | 1851 - 496 Seiten
...D'tck. Publithed by the Religious Tract Society. THE STEWARDSHIP OF WEALTH. ЯО. II. — JOHN THORNTON. THE close of the last and the commencement of the present century beheld a long list of illustrious men, who reached the highest eminence in every * Copernicus was born... | |
 | 1852 - 780 Seiten
...of the recent position of Manchester and the surrounding district«, and compare it with what it was at the close of the last and the commencement of the present century, we shall find that at that period the useful and industrial arts were comparatively of little importance.... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1852 - 550 Seiten
...of the recent position of Manchester and the surrounding districts, and compare it with what it was at the close of the last and the commencement of the present century, we shall ñnd that at that period the useful and industrial arts were comparatively of little importance.... | |
 | 1852 - 568 Seiten
...of the recent position of Manchester and the surrounding districts, and compare it with what it was at the close of the last and the commencement of the present century, we shall find that at that period the useful and industrial arts were comparatively of little importance.... | |
 | 1852 - 584 Seiten
...grievance, the Council have taken every fitting occasion to remonstrate. Two of the Bills before Parliament, at the close of the last, and the commencement of the present session, Ьате afforded opportunities to reiterate the claim for relief at the hands of the Government.... | |
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