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" Halifax is naturally sterile and unproductive ; it is, however, in general, in a good state of cultivation ; and this township, more perhaps than any other in the country, serves to prove how completely the wealth and industry of man can triumph over... "
History, Directory & Gazeteer, of the County of York: With Select Lists of ... - Page 182
by Edward Baines - 1822
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The Civil, Ecclesiastical, Literary, Commercial, and Miscellaneous ..., Volume 2

Edward Parsons - Bradford (West Yorkshire, England) - 1834 - 528 pages
...unfavourable situation of Halifax may serve to prove how completely the wealth and industry of man ean trample over the most stubborn indispositions of nature. In a farming district the whole township must have lain waste for ever. A basis of quartz not half covered by a few stunted bushe* of ling....
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A Concise History of the Parish and Vicarage of Halifax, in the County of York

John Crabtree - Halifax (England) - 1836 - 604 pages
...of toil and labour, but to prove as Dr. WHITAKEB has well observed " how completely the wealth and industry of man can triumph over the most stubborn indispositions of nature ;" instead of the place "situate at the foot of a mighty and almost inaccessible rock, all overgrown...
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The parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales.4 vols, Volume 2

England - 1848 - 670 pages
...township, more perhaps than any other in the country, serves to prove how completely the wealth and industry of man can triumph over the most stubborn indispositions of nature." — Baines. The parish ч 17 miles in length, and averages 11 in breadth. Acres 75,740. Houses 2,115....
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The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales: Adapted to the ..., Volume 2

Great Britain - 1851 - 658 pages
...township, more perhaps than any other in the country, serves to prove how completely the wealth and industry of man can triumph over the most stubborn indispositions of nature." — liaines. The parish is 17 miles in length, and averages 11 in breadtiu Acres 75,740. Houses 2,115....
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