 Annals of Science, xxviii (1972), 61-86. 93. L. Simond, An American in Regency England ed. C. Hibbert (London, 1968), 70. There was a contrary view as well. Liverpool was 'the only town in England of any pre-eminence that has not one single erection or...  Liverpool - Page 11by Joseph Sharples, Richard Pollard - 2004 - 332 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | James Wallace - 1795 - 318 pages
...with the son of Sirach, that " wisdom cries out " in the streets, and no man regards it." Liverpool is the only town in England of any pre-eminency that...cultivation of the arts, or promotion of useful knowledge: they have been proved truly exotic, and so little deserving cultivation when attempts have been made... | |
 | Sir James Allanson Picton - Liverpool (England) - 1873 - 752 pages
...regards it. Liverpool is the only town in England of any pre-eminence that has not oue single CHAP, erection or endowment for the advancement of science,...cultivation of the arts, or promotion of useful knowledge ; they have been proved truly exotic, and so little sdence°f deserving cultivation when attempts have... | |
 | S. G. Checkland - History - 1971 - 486 pages
...flourished. It was lamented in 1795 that 'Liverpool is the only town in England of any pre-eminence that has not one single erection or endowment' for...advancement of science, the cultivation of the arts, or the promotion of useful knowledge.1 Nor had the Church of England clergy of the place, holding livings... | |
 | Royal Historical Society - Business & Economics - 2003 - 516 pages
...Liverpool was singled out by one author to be the only town in England of any pre-eminencey 'that has not a single erection or endowment for the advancement of science, the cultivation of the arts, or the promotion of useful knowledge'.™ Chetham's Library was little used, noted Sir Richard Colt Hoare... | |
 | Jacqueline Nassy Brown - Social Science - 2009 - 321 pages
...spot, absorbed in the nautical vortex, the only pursuit of the inhabitants is COMMERCE.... Liverpool is the only town in England of any pre-eminency that...cultivation of the arts, or promotion of useful knowledge . . . the liberal arts are a species of merchandize in which few of the inhabitants are desirous to... | |
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