Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire

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Pedigrees and arms of various families of Lancashire and Cheshire are included in many of the volumes.

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Page 37 - Put you on the. armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil...
Page 1 - I was so much moved by this horrid spectacle, that, although in momentary expectation of sharing his fate, I did attempt to speak in his behalf, but, as might have been expected, my interference was sternly disregarded. The victim was held fast by some, while others, binding a large heavy stone in a plaid, tied it round his neck, and others again eagerly stripped him of some part of his dress.
Page 82 - I leave untouched (the picture else Were incomplete) a relique of old times Happily spared, a little Gothic niche Of nicest workmanship ; that once had held The sculptured image of some patron-saint, Or of the blessed Virgin, looking down On all who entered those religious doors.
Page 1 - The most pleasant Song of Lady Bessy, the eldest Daughter of King Edward the Fourth, and how she married King Henry the Seventh of the House of Lancaster.
Page 53 - My sledge and hammer lie reclin'd, My bellows too have lost their wind, My fire's extinct, my forge decay'd, My vice is in the dust all laid. My coal is spent, my iron gone, My nails are drove, my work is done.
Page 53 - My bellows, too, have lost their wind; . My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid. My coal is spent, my iron's gone, My nails are drove, my work is done ; My fire-dried corpse lies here at rest, And, smoke-like, soars up to be bless'd.
Page 5 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 38 - ... as followeth in the succeeding contents ; which, if encouraged by liberal and free contributors, may appear in the world ; else will sleep in the bed of its conception, and never see the glorious light of the sun." His appeal was not successful ; the world seemed satisfied with the contents of the ponderous volume of the Academy, which had already exceeded eleven hundred pages ; and the unpublished materials now quietly repose on the shelves of the British Museum.
Page 1 - His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
Page 16 - GOORF. and BULKELEY to all such Persons as shall become Subscribers hereto, for the sale of the Ship GOLDEN LION, now belonging to them, and for fitting her out for the GREENLAND WHALE-FISHING TRADE, for the next Season. 1st. — That they the said Goore and Bulkeley do consent and agree to take the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds Sterling for the Vessel and her Materials, (the Great Guns with their Tackle and Firearms only excepted...

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