Hochelaga; or, England in the New World [by G.D. Warburton] ed. E. WarburtonHenry Colburn, Great Marlborough Street, 1846 |
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... hundred and fifty yards wide , and very difficult of access in bad weather with unfavourable winds : it is walled in by rugged cliffs and barren - looking hills . The defences are respectable , but not formidable , works - one of them ...
... hundred and fifty yards wide , and very difficult of access in bad weather with unfavourable winds : it is walled in by rugged cliffs and barren - looking hills . The defences are respectable , but not formidable , works - one of them ...
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... hundred thousand ; one half are Roman Catholics , princi- pally of Irish descent , or emigrants , the remainder of English race , and various creeds . The trade of St. John's is very considerable ; they export fish and oil , and receive ...
... hundred thousand ; one half are Roman Catholics , princi- pally of Irish descent , or emigrants , the remainder of English race , and various creeds . The trade of St. John's is very considerable ; they export fish and oil , and receive ...
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... hundred miles round , with deep indentures and numerous harbours , but with a soil everywhere unfruitful . Two Englishmen , named Elliott and Thorn , traded there for some years under the protection of Henry VIII . , obtaining rich furs ...
... hundred miles round , with deep indentures and numerous harbours , but with a soil everywhere unfruitful . Two Englishmen , named Elliott and Thorn , traded there for some years under the protection of Henry VIII . , obtaining rich furs ...
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... hundred yards of perpendicular rock forbid the foot of man ; another is fenced off from the town by a massive fortification and broad glacis ; the third side of the grim triangle looks out upon the plains of Abraham , in a line of armed ...
... hundred yards of perpendicular rock forbid the foot of man ; another is fenced off from the town by a massive fortification and broad glacis ; the third side of the grim triangle looks out upon the plains of Abraham , in a line of armed ...
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... hundred years ago , and the reason why that flag of dear old England floats over its citadel . Shortly after the cession of Canada by France , in 1763 , English law was , by royal proclamation , established in the colony . In 1774 , the ...
... hundred years ago , and the reason why that flag of dear old England floats over its citadel . Shortly after the cession of Canada by France , in 1763 , English law was , by royal proclamation , established in the colony . In 1774 , the ...
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American appearance banks beauty British carried Church Church of England coast colony crowded dangerous dark deep distance districts England English extent eyes falls favour feeling feet fire flames forest French Canadian hand harbour hills HOCHELAGA horses hundred Indians inhabitants island Jacques Cartier labour ladies Lake Lake Ontario land Lawrence length light look Lower Canada manner ment miles militia Montreal moose Mountains nearly neighbours Niagara Niagara river night Nova Scotia officers Oregon territory party passed population portion possess present prosperity province Quebec race Red River Settlement rich Richelieu river Rideau canal river road Rocky Roman Catholic round settlement shew ships shore side sleigh snow shoes soon steamer stream streets thousand tion town trade trees troops twenty United Upper Canada village wind winter wood young
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Seite 183 - ... years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers: it 'being well understood, that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim, which either of the two high contracting parties may have to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, 'being to prevent...
Seite 183 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Seite 253 - ... of both the Canadas, and also of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, a widely scattered population, poor, and apparently unenterprising, though hardy and industrious, separated from each other by tracts of intervening forest, without towns and markets, almost without roads, living in mean houses, drawing little more than a rude subsistence from ill-cultivated land, and seemingly incapable of improving their condition, present the most instructive contrast to their enterprising and thriving neighbours...
Seite 241 - The waters which fall from this horrible precipice do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable, making an outrageous noise, more terrible than that of thunder; for when the wind blows out of the south, their dismal roaring may be heard more than fifteen leagues off.
Seite 221 - Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in a great measure, the laws depend. The law touches us but here and there, and now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. They give their whole form and colour to our lives. According to their quality, they aid morals, they supply them, or they totally destroy them.
Seite 280 - Lord's own blessed day, we saw them gathering already around their pastor, who was before his door; their children collecting in the same manner, with their books in their hands, all decently clothed from head to foot: a repose and steadiness in their deportment, at least the seeming indications of a high and controlling influence upon their characters and hearts.
Seite 236 - Would ye fain steal a glance o'er life's dark sea, And gaze though trembling on eternity ? Would ye look out, look down, where God hath set His mighty signet ? Come — come higher yet, To the PAGODA'S utmost height ascend, And see earth, air, and sky in one alembic blend !" " The Pagoda is now open to visitors and perfectly secure. * * * Admittance 25 cents. * * * 1st April, 1845.
Seite 263 - Most of the present generation among us have been brought up — and lived in the idea that England is supreme in the Congress of Nations'. I am one of that numerous class — long may it be a numerous one ! — but I say with sorrow that a doubt crosses my mind, and something more than a doubt, that this giant son will soon tread on his parent's heels.
Seite 183 - Paradise," with specimens. — T. Mcllwraith and TW Reynolds, MD April 6, 1888.— "Notes on the Flora of the 49th Parallel, from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Seite 31 - It was known that some few still lingered, but they were almost forgotten. " The winter of 1830 was unusually severe in this country, and prolonged beyond those of former years. Towards its close, a settler was hewing down trees at some distance from one of the remote villages, when two gaunt figures crept out from the neighbouring 'bush;' with sad cries and imploring gestures, they tried to express their prayer for help.