Letters from Canada Written During a Residece in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808, Shewing the Present State of Canada, Its Productions, Trade, Commercial Importance and Political Relations: Illustrative of the Laws, the Manners of the People, and the Peculiarities of the Country and Climate : Exhibiting Also the Commercial Importance of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, & Cape-Breton and Their Increasing Ability, in Conjunction with Canada, to Furnish the Necessary Supplies of Lumber and Provisions to Our West-Indian IslandsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 406 sider |
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Side 4
... kind of concert , as one might expect to find in the palace of Pandemonium . A gale came on a few days ago : I could neither sit nor stand without great exer- tion ; but curiosity kept me on deck . The waves ran tremendously high , and ...
... kind of concert , as one might expect to find in the palace of Pandemonium . A gale came on a few days ago : I could neither sit nor stand without great exer- tion ; but curiosity kept me on deck . The waves ran tremendously high , and ...
Side 55
... kind . One does not know which to be most astonished at , whether the want of taste in the architect , or that his plans met with approbation : suffice it to say , that on a building one story high , you have a dome as large as that of ...
... kind . One does not know which to be most astonished at , whether the want of taste in the architect , or that his plans met with approbation : suffice it to say , that on a building one story high , you have a dome as large as that of ...
Side 65
... kind of relic . One cannot help feeling a good deal inte- rested in traversing a field of battle ; -the glory which we attach to the death of the hero who falls in his country's cause , sanc- tifies the ground on which he fell . The ...
... kind of relic . One cannot help feeling a good deal inte- rested in traversing a field of battle ; -the glory which we attach to the death of the hero who falls in his country's cause , sanc- tifies the ground on which he fell . The ...
Side 75
... kind of policy observed towards the inhabitants . It is a subject which is even now discussed every day , and I find that there is a great difference of opinion about it . We lost the United States by an impo- litic course of treatment ...
... kind of policy observed towards the inhabitants . It is a subject which is even now discussed every day , and I find that there is a great difference of opinion about it . We lost the United States by an impo- litic course of treatment ...
Side 84
... kind of go- vernment to be given to anquered country ought to be fitted for the people to be governed , regard being had to their previous habits , and the general state of society . The English conquered Corsica , for in- stance , and ...
... kind of go- vernment to be given to anquered country ought to be fitted for the people to be governed , regard being had to their previous habits , and the general state of society . The English conquered Corsica , for in- stance , and ...
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Side 348 - 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.
Side 346 - ... from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz, that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Side 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...
Side 348 - 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.
Side 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...
Side 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!
Side 398 - 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.
Side 397 - 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...
Side 401 - States, who may be respectively appointed and authorized to manage the business on behalf of the respective Governments. And both parties agree to consider such decision as final and conclusive, so as that the same shall never thereafter be called into question, or made the subject of dispute or difference between them.
Side 347 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie...