Hawkins's Picture of Quebec: With Historical Recollectionsproprietor, 1834 - 477 pages |
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... given courage to the timid navigators of the fifteenth century . They no longer coasted along the shores , and sought popula- rity and applause by visiting Islands adjoining the continent of Africa . The discoverer of unknown regions ...
... given courage to the timid navigators of the fifteenth century . They no longer coasted along the shores , and sought popula- rity and applause by visiting Islands adjoining the continent of Africa . The discoverer of unknown regions ...
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... given to this coast by the Portuguese slave merchants , in consequence of the admirable qualities of the natives as labourers , and in full anticipation of the future advantages to be derived from this unchristian traffic . 66 These ...
... given to this coast by the Portuguese slave merchants , in consequence of the admirable qualities of the natives as labourers , and in full anticipation of the future advantages to be derived from this unchristian traffic . 66 These ...
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... given his name to the largest quarter of the globe , to the prejudice of the great discoverer and master spirit of the age , Columbus . Nothing certain is known of the particulars of the first expedition of Verazzano . He commenced his ...
... given his name to the largest quarter of the globe , to the prejudice of the great discoverer and master spirit of the age , Columbus . Nothing certain is known of the particulars of the first expedition of Verazzano . He commenced his ...
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... given with great minuteness , a descrip- tion of all the countries which he had visited during his voyage ; and from which , says Tiraboschi , we derive the intelligence , that he had formed the de- sign , in common with the other ...
... given with great minuteness , a descrip- tion of all the countries which he had visited during his voyage ; and from which , says Tiraboschi , we derive the intelligence , that he had formed the de- sign , in common with the other ...
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... given . On the very next day after putting to sea , the weather proved contrary , and the little fleet was tossed about for more than a month without making much pro- gress . On the 25th June they parted company , each endeavoring to ...
... given . On the very next day after putting to sea , the weather proved contrary , and the little fleet was tossed about for more than a month without making much pro- gress . On the 25th June they parted company , each endeavoring to ...
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Admiral afterwards America ancient appears army arrived attack barracks battery beautiful Bishop boats British building called Canada Cape Diamond Captain Castle of St Champlain Chapel Charles Charlevoix Church coast Colonel colony command commenced Croix discovery Donnacona enemy England English erected establishment expedition Father feet fire fortifications France French garden garrison Gaspé Gourgues Governor Gulf of St Hochelaga honor Hospital Hospitalières HOTEL DIEU hundred Huron Indians inhabitants inscription Iroquois Isle of Orleans Jacques Cartier Jesuits John Cabot Kertk King LA PELTRIE land Lawrence Lévi Lewis Lieutenant Lord Lower Town ment military MONTCALM Montreal natives officers Palace plain Pointe Lévi possession present Province Quebec ramparts received Récollet Regiment residence River St Roberval Royal sailed savages Seminary settlement ships shore side siege Spaniards Stadacona stone Street Suffolk Tadoussac tion troops Upper Town URSULINES Verazzano vessels voyage winter WOLFE wounded
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Page 375 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 77 - Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success : that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here ; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor ; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Page 271 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 362 - And before ten, the two armies, equal in numbers, each being composed of less than five thousand "men, were ranged in presence of one another for battle. The English, not easily accessible from intervening shallow ravines and...
Page 94 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Page 310 - ... provided, and am resolved, by the help of God, in whom I trust, by force of arms to revenge all wrongs and injuries offered, and bring you under subjection to the Crown of England, and, when too late, make you wish you had accepted of the favour tendered. "Your answer positive in an hour returned by your own trumpet, with the return of mine, is required upon the peril that will ensue.
Page 120 - But I had not so much of man in me, But all my mother came into my eyes, And gave me up to tears.
Page 358 - Thereupon the general rejoined: "Go, one of you, my lads, to Colonel Burton — ; tell him to march Webb's regiment with all speed down to Charles River, to cut off the retreat of the fugitives from the bridge.
Page 416 - The enemy," he soon after wrote to Pitt, "was greatly superior in number, it is true ; but when I considered that our little army was in the habit of beating that enemy, and had a very fine train of field artillery ; that shutting ourselves at once within the walls was putting all upon the single chance of holding out for a considerable time a wretched fortification, I resolved to give them battle ; and, half an hour after six in the morning, we marched with all the force I could muster, namely,...