History of the Foundations in Manchester of Chirst's College, Chetham's Hospital, and the Free Grammar School, Volume 2

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T. Agnew and J. Zanetti, 1834

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Page 59 - And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
Page 309 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Page 114 - And ravish'd was that constant heart, She did to every heart prefer; For though it could its king forget, Twas true and loyal still to her. Amid those unrelenting flames She bore this constant heart to see; But when 'twas moulder'd into dust, ' Yet, yet,' she cried,
Page 6 - ... the sacrament of the Lord's supper, according to the usage of the Church of England...
Page 95 - One of my serjeants, named Dickson, whom I had enlisted from among the prisoners of war at Gladsmuir, a young Scotsman, as brave and intrepid as a lion, and very much attached to my interest, informed me, on the 27th, at Preston, that he had been beating up for recruits all day without getting one; and that he was the more chagrined at this, as the other Serjeants had had better success.
Page 108 - Kitty, peerless maid, Do thou a pensive ear incline; For thou canst weep at every woe, And pity every plaint, but mine.
Page 40 - ... as an augmentation of their maintenance: that if the house of commons could find any method by which her intentions to the poor clergy might be made more effectual, it would be an advantage to the public, and acceptable to her majesty.
Page 130 - True, and Comprehensive View of Christianity: Containing a short Historical Account of Religion from the Creation of the World to the Fourth Century after our Lord Jesus Christ: as also the complete duty of a Christian in relation to Faith, Practice, Worship and...
Page 126 - God bless the King — I mean the faith's defender ! God bless (no harm in blessing ! ) the Pretender ! But who pretender is, or who is king — God bless us all ! — that 's quite another thing.
Page 96 - The populace at first did not interrupt him, conceiving our army to be near the town ; but as soon as they knew that it would not arrive till the evening, they surrounded him in a tumultuous manner, with the intention of taking him prisoner, alive or dead.

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