The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832

Public Buildings of Manchester

PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF MANCHESTER

THE TOWN-HALL

THE INFIRMARY

THE ROYAL INSTITUTION

BREVITIES

RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS

ROBIN HOOD

ANECDOTE GALLERY

HENRY BROUGHAM

O'BRIEN, THE IRISH GIANT

SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY

STEAM CARRIAGES ON COMMON ROADS

THE EXPECTED COMET

NEW BOOKS

THE NEW GIL BLAS

THE NATURALIST

THE ORNITHORHYNCUS PARADOXUS

NOTES OF A READER

JUNOT AND NAPOLEON

EFFECT OF DISEASE ON MEMORY

READING COINS IN THE DARK

THE GATHERER

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The annexed Engravings are important illustrations of the statement in a recent Edinburgh Review:1—that Lancashire from being amongst the most backward parts of England, has worked its way into the front rank. They are, however, not only characteristic of the public spirit which animates the whole county; but they are monuments of commercial wealth, active benevolence, and intellectual superiority, of which the Manchesterians have ample cause to be proud. It will be seen from their details, that the structures have been built within the last half century, at an expense of more than one hundred thousand pounds; while their association with the fame and fortunes of men illustrious in science2 will render the subjoined Engravings of no common interest. The details which follow have been abridged from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary, 4to. 1831.

These Views are from well-executed engravings, by Fothergill, of Manchester, which we recommend to the notice of tourists, for memoranda of their visit, as well as of the due rank of Manchester among the provincial towns of the United Kingdom.

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To adduce an opinion without some argumentative reason to support it, shows great precipitancy of idea. It is like raising a sumptuous pile for the mere gratification of witnessing its destruction.

It is not the enormity, but the certainty, of punishment that deters mankind from evil. Hope will always gain the ascendancy.

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