Letters from Canada, Written During a Residence There in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 406 pages |
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... brought forward to prove it . One thing we may be assured of is , that the arguments will be favourably received : we are very glad to find palliatives for evils we cannot remedy . I suppose no one will pretend to say that the loss of ...
... brought forward to prove it . One thing we may be assured of is , that the arguments will be favourably received : we are very glad to find palliatives for evils we cannot remedy . I suppose no one will pretend to say that the loss of ...
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... brought about the revolution . The Canadians are legitimate Frenchmen , - the descendants of the worshippers of Louis the Fourteenth and of Cardinal Richelieu , -the descendants of men who never once formed an idea , themselves , of the ...
... brought about the revolution . The Canadians are legitimate Frenchmen , - the descendants of the worshippers of Louis the Fourteenth and of Cardinal Richelieu , -the descendants of men who never once formed an idea , themselves , of the ...
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... brought about by the English residents in Quebec and Montreal ; but from some mismanagement at home they were completely outwitted . If Up- and Lower Canada had had but one house of assembly , the English party would have always kept ...
... brought about by the English residents in Quebec and Montreal ; but from some mismanagement at home they were completely outwitted . If Up- and Lower Canada had had but one house of assembly , the English party would have always kept ...
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... brought forward now ? It is evident that the Canadians wish to identify the character of the mer- cantile men of the present day with that of those who were here at the time General Murray wrote his letter . Let us suppose , ( without ...
... brought forward now ? It is evident that the Canadians wish to identify the character of the mer- cantile men of the present day with that of those who were here at the time General Murray wrote his letter . Let us suppose , ( without ...
Page 105
... brought into proper discipline by the regu- lar operation of just and equitable laws.- Merchants of character and respectability , such as at present are to be found in this country , are attracted from different quar- ters , and grow ...
... brought into proper discipline by the regu- lar operation of just and equitable laws.- Merchants of character and respectability , such as at present are to be found in this country , are attracted from different quar- ters , and grow ...
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Page 352 - Equator, to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint River ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's River ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Page 64 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 290 - Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile, or else deep snow and ice...
Page 352 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Page 402 - ... all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, •or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Page 99 - Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds; As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim-seen, thro' rising mists, and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, low'rs. Still, thro...
Page 405 - And the three commissioners so appointed, shall be sworn, impartially to examine and decide the said question, according to such evidence as shall respectively be laid before them on the part of the British government and of the United States.
Page 352 - Mississippi ; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude : south by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of...
Page 405 - Declaration of the commissioners under the fifth article of the treaty of 1794 between the United States and Great Britain, respecting the true river St. Croix, by Thomas Barclay, David Howell, and Egbert Benson, commissioners appointed in pursuance of the fifth article of the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America finally to decide the question "What river was truly intended under the name of the river St.
Page 401 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...