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Clog Shop Chronicles

Ackworth, John
Clog Shop Chronicles
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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The Clog Shop Chronicles

Ackworth, John
The Clog Shop Chronicles
The Clog Shop Chronicles is a wonderful collection of short stories revolving around the mythical textile village of Beckside somewhere in Lancashire a long time ago. John Ackworth was the pen name of the Wesleyan minister, the Rev. Frederick R Smith. Born at Snaith in what is now Humberside, but was then part of Yorkshire, his religious work took him to Farnworth and Lytham in Lancashire and then to Sheffield, Shotley Bridge and York in th...

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The Minder

Ackworth, John
The Minder
Excerpt from The Minder: The Story of the Courtship, Call and Conflicts of John Ledger, Minder and MinisterThe engines Of the Bramwell new mill had just stopped for the night, and the hands were streaming out through the great gates near the boiler-house. AS it was nearly dark, and a drizzling, sticky sort Of rain was falling, the workpeople were all making homewards as fast as possible, and there was a clatter of innumerable clogs on the ¿agg...

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Clog Shop Chronicles (Classic Reprint)

Ackworth, John
Clog Shop Chronicles (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Clog Shop ChroniclesJabe's rejoinder being unusually fierce, even for him, it was clear that he disapproved of curiosity in this direction, and that the subject had better be dropped.Dropped at the Clog Shop, it was soon dropped everywhere else, for that establishment and its proprietor were the centres of public Opinion in the village.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Fi...

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The Scowcroft Critics (Classic Reprint)

Ackworth, John
The Scowcroft Critics (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Scowcroft CriticsThere were three front pews on each side and two over the clock, and in these apartments sat eight keen, caustic, uncompromising critics, like so many impanelled jurymen, showing by their whole demeanour that the ordinary tricks and blandishments of counsel were entirely wasted on such experts as them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www...

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Beckside Lights (Classic Reprint)

Ackworth, John
Beckside Lights (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Beckside LightsThe Clogger was the chief official at the chapel, and, being of a somewhat self-assertive disposition, he had become in course of time the ruling spirit of the village. Long Ben, a tall, bony, mild-tempered carpenter, was his lieutenant. And Sam Speck, a small-featured man living on a small annuity, acted as hench man to both. Besides these there were Lige the road-mender, Jonas Tatlock the choir master, Nathan the ...

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The Making of the Million

Ackworth, John
The Making of the Million
Excerpt from The Making of the Million: Tales of the Twentieth Century FundBut now it was morning, and in the dim December daylight his dreams Of the night before looked Utopian and ridiculous, and he felt a miserable, cowardly feeling rising within him, which tempted him to wish that the great effort had never been heard of.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgotten...

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Beckside Lights

Ackworth, John
Beckside Lights
Beckside Lights is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these bo...

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The Scowcroft Critics

Ackworth, John
The Scowcroft Critics
The Scowcroft Critics is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes th...

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Clog Shop Chronicles

Ackworth, John
Clog Shop Chronicles
bTitle:/b Clog Shop Chronicles.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantia...

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Old Wenyon's Will (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ackworth, John
Old Wenyon's Will (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)
Reverend Frederick Robert Smith (1854-1917), was a Wesleyan Methodist minister who wrote popular tales of Lancashire working-class folk under the pen name John Ackworth. He was a notable author in the Lancashire dialect. Ackworth's tales while not overtly religious, adhere strictly to the beliefs, the dogmatism and the ways of life of a close-knit rural Methodist community. As a preacher, he was described as striking, original, fearless, thoug...

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From Crooked Roots (Dodo Press)

Ackworth, John
From Crooked Roots (Dodo Press)
Reverend Frederick Robert Smith (1854-1917), was a Wesleyan Methodist minister who wrote popular tales of Lancashire working-class folk under the pen name John Ackworth. He was a notable author in the Lancashire dialect. Ackworth's tales while not overtly religious, adhere strictly to the beliefs, the dogmatism and the ways of life of a close-knit rural Methodist community. As a preacher, he was described as striking, original, fearless, thoug...

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Beckside Lights (Classic Reprint)

Ackworth, John
Beckside Lights (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Beckside Lights The Clogger was the chief official at the chapel, and, being of a somewhat self-assertive disposition, he had become in course of time the ruling spirit of the village. Long Ben, a tall, bony, mild-tempered carpenter, was his lieutenant. And Sam Speck, a small-featured man living on a small annuity, acted as hench man to both. Besides these there were Lige the road-mender, Jonas Tatlock the choir master, Nathan th...

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Clog Shop Chronicles (Classic Reprint)

Ackworth, John
Clog Shop Chronicles (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Clog Shop Chronicles Jabe's rejoinder being unusually fierce, even for him, it was clear that he disapproved of curiosity in this direction, and that the subject had better be dropped. Dropped at the Clog Shop, it was soon dropped everywhere else, for that establishment and its proprietor were the centres of public Opinion in the village. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic b...

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