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parliamentary forces was endured for several months, which some of the present inhabitants are fond of say- ing would have been longer withstood, had not Fairfax pointed a battery of cannon against the venerable Cathedral, and threatened to destroy that glory of their ancestors.
We may now hope with regard to York, that the days of its warfare and mourning are ended, and the traveller is gratified to find the turmoil of the battlefield exchanged for the Christian cares of the Hospital, the Dispensary, the Retreat for the Insane, the Institution for the education of the Blind, the Charity Schools, and the twenty parish churches that diversify its bounds.
