Picture of Quebec: With Historical RecollectionsNeilson & Gowan, printers, 1834 - 477 sider |
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Side 3
... tion which the early settlers met with from the na- tives on their first coming to the land . The very earliest record , indeed , places them in the most amiable light ; and leads to the mortifying conclu- sion , that Europeans ...
... tion which the early settlers met with from the na- tives on their first coming to the land . The very earliest record , indeed , places them in the most amiable light ; and leads to the mortifying conclu- sion , that Europeans ...
Side 4
... tion , he had scarcely strength to cast his presents and trinkets upon the beach , when a high wave threw him senseless on the shore . The savages ran immediately to his assistance , took him up in their arms , and carried him a short ...
... tion , he had scarcely strength to cast his presents and trinkets upon the beach , when a high wave threw him senseless on the shore . The savages ran immediately to his assistance , took him up in their arms , and carried him a short ...
Side 9
... tion , as it was of the early European navigators . The object of the first adventurers of whom any thing certain has reached us , was a passage to India , and it may be said that they stumbled upon Ame- rica in their route . Aristotle ...
... tion , as it was of the early European navigators . The object of the first adventurers of whom any thing certain has reached us , was a passage to India , and it may be said that they stumbled upon Ame- rica in their route . Aristotle ...
Side 23
... tion which belonged to him of right ; and mankind are left to regret an act of injustice , which , having been sanctioned by the lapse of so many ages , they can never redress . Columbus , however ungratefully treated , has been ...
... tion which belonged to him of right ; and mankind are left to regret an act of injustice , which , having been sanctioned by the lapse of so many ages , they can never redress . Columbus , however ungratefully treated , has been ...
Side 33
... tion as to his shipwreck , and the loss of one of his vessels , most probably arose from the well known circumstance of his having returned to France with two ships , instead of three , with which he left St. Malo . Having lost so many ...
... tion as to his shipwreck , and the loss of one of his vessels , most probably arose from the well known circumstance of his having returned to France with two ships , instead of three , with which he left St. Malo . Having lost so many ...
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Side 346 - 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...
Side 359 - 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.
Side 88 - 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...
Side 71 - 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.
Side 296 - ... 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.
Side 320 - I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that I begged the general officers to consult together for the public utility.
Side 116 - But I had not so much of man in me, But all my mother came into my eyes, And gave me up to tears.
Side 342 - 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.
Side 396 - 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,...
Side 5 - Venient annis Ssecula seris, quibus Oceanus Vincula rerum laxet, et ingens Pateat Tellus, Tiphysque novos Detegat orbes; nee sit terris Ultima Thule...