Chambers's Repository of Instructive and Amusing TractsWilliam and Robert Chambers, 1854 |
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... character and habits of that volatile and restless race , it is certain that the French soon acquired , and for a considerable period retained , a superiority in the fur - trade over other European nations in America . From time to time ...
... character and habits of that volatile and restless race , it is certain that the French soon acquired , and for a considerable period retained , a superiority in the fur - trade over other European nations in America . From time to time ...
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... character of the Christian religion among those natives who had become converts to it . As a check upon these loose adven- turers , the missionaries prevailed upon the government to prohibit , under severe penalties , all persons from ...
... character of the Christian religion among those natives who had become converts to it . As a check upon these loose adven- turers , the missionaries prevailed upon the government to prohibit , under severe penalties , all persons from ...
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... characters . As for the missionaries , they appear to have laboured most zealously and assiduously in the great work they had undertaken , receiving from the first the most cordial aid and encouragement both from the government and the ...
... characters . As for the missionaries , they appear to have laboured most zealously and assiduously in the great work they had undertaken , receiving from the first the most cordial aid and encouragement both from the government and the ...
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... character , and of the resources of the country in which they lived . On the expiration of their appren- ticeship , they received a salary of L.100 per annum , and were then eligible , on a vacancy , to promotion to a partnership ...
... character , and of the resources of the country in which they lived . On the expiration of their appren- ticeship , they received a salary of L.100 per annum , and were then eligible , on a vacancy , to promotion to a partnership ...
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... character of the climate , and the physical aspect of the country they inhabit , and the various wants and habitudes to which this difference gives rise . A gene- ral view of the Hudson's Bay territories presents for notice four great ...
... character of the climate , and the physical aspect of the country they inhabit , and the various wants and habitudes to which this difference gives rise . A gene- ral view of the Hudson's Bay territories presents for notice four great ...
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