James Hall of Tynemouth; A Beneficent Life of a Busy Man of Business
by William Hayward (9781150147869)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1896 Original Publisher: s.n. Subjects: Newcastle upon Tyne (England) History / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VII. BACK TO HOME AND FATHERLAND. " Where'er I roam, whatever realms I see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee; 8till to my brother turns with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain." Goldsmith. " England, with all thy faults, I love thee still -- My country And while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrain'd to love thee. Though thy clime Be fickle, and the year most part deform'd With dripping rains, or wither'd by a frost, I would not yet (exchange thy sullen skies And fields without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines." Cowper. HALL remained, as we have said, in the employment of the lead company at Marseilles about two years, and left because his advice in regard to a certain appointment that was made had not been followed. "Within two years the company had great reason to regret they had not taken his advice and acted as he suggested. They, however, appreciated his action, and he kept their friendship and confidence. The journey from Newcastle to Marseilles in 1846 was a very different matter to what it is to-day. Much of the travelling in France had to be done by diligence and on the inland rivers. Whereas to-day the distance can be covered in twenty-five hoursfrom London, it then took about five days of weary travelling. Mr. Hall was glad to get back to England and see the old folks at home, who were quite as glad to see him. He had kept up a correspondence with them and espec...

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