The Conquest of Canada, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1849 - Canada The author traces the history of New France from 1534 until 1760. |
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... inhabitants with almost intolerable severity ; upon them fell all the burden and labour of the wars ; they were ruined by unprofitable toil , while the soldiers worked the lands for the benefit of the military officers whom he desired ...
... inhabitants with almost intolerable severity ; upon them fell all the burden and labour of the wars ; they were ruined by unprofitable toil , while the soldiers worked the lands for the benefit of the military officers whom he desired ...
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... inhabitants hastily armed , the success of the undertaking was still precarious . What great exploits indeed , could have been expected from militia . suddenly assembled , who had never seen a siege or faced an enemy , and were to act ...
... inhabitants hastily armed , the success of the undertaking was still precarious . What great exploits indeed , could have been expected from militia . suddenly assembled , who had never seen a siege or faced an enemy , and were to act ...
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... inhabitants believed he had a preter- natural knowledge of things , as he was able to mention all the curiosities of places , sometimes near 200 Swedish miles from Quebec , though he never was there himself . Never was there a better ...
... inhabitants believed he had a preter- natural knowledge of things , as he was able to mention all the curiosities of places , sometimes near 200 Swedish miles from Quebec , though he never was there himself . Never was there a better ...
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... inhabitants of Nova Scotia , banished from their homes , were , in one instant , reduced from ease and con- tentment , to a state of beggary . Their lands and moveables , with the exception of their money and household furniture , were ...
... inhabitants of Nova Scotia , banished from their homes , were , in one instant , reduced from ease and con- tentment , to a state of beggary . Their lands and moveables , with the exception of their money and household furniture , were ...
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... inhabitants of Quebec . Hearing of these hostile preparations , the English ministry , in the month of April , dispatched Admiral Boscawen with eleven sail of the line to watch the French squadron , although at the time no formal ...
... inhabitants of Quebec . Hearing of these hostile preparations , the English ministry , in the month of April , dispatched Admiral Boscawen with eleven sail of the line to watch the French squadron , although at the time no formal ...
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Abercromby Admiral advance America Amherst arms army arrived artillery attack autres avoit banks battalions bien boats brave brigade British c'est campaign Canada Canadian Captain Charlevoix chief civilisation Colonel colony command Crown Point dangerous defence detachment dispatched embarked endeavoured enemy enemy's England English étoit expedition fait favourable fell fire fleet force forest formed Fort Edward Fort Frontenac Fort William Henry France French Frontenac gallant garrison governor grenadiers Guanches guns honour Indians inhabitants Iroquois island Jesuits Lake George Lake Ontario land Lawrence Lord Louisburg ment miles military militia Montcalm Montreal nation neighbouring Niagara night North Nova Scotia officers orders Oswego party Pitt Point Levi possession Provincial qu'il qu'on Quebec Quesne regiments River St sail savages scalped sent settlements ships shore Sir William Johnson soldiers soon spirit success Ticonderoga tion tout town trees tribes Vaudreuil vessels village Wolfe Wolfe's wounded
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Page 421 - 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 ; all else deep snow and ice...
Page 401 - 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 350 - The horror of the night, the precipice scaled by Wolfe, the empire he with a handful of men added to England, and the glorious catastrophe of contentedly terminating life where his fame began Ancient story may be ransacked, and ostentatious philosophy thrown into the account, before an episode can be found to rank with Wolfe's.
Page 449 - The varieties of man seem to act on each other in the same way as different species of animals — the stronger always extirpating the weaker.
Page 395 - Such is my fate, that the twenty years of service through which I have passed with so much toil and danger have profited me nothing, and at this very day I do not possess a roof in Spain that I can call my own; if I wish to eat or sleep, I have nowhere to go but to the inn or tavern, and most times lack wherewith to pay the bill.
Page 418 - Bay, including all the territory to the westward and southward of the said line, to the utmost extent of the country commonly called or known by the name of Canada...
Page 342 - Wrapping a handkerchief round the wound, he hastened from one rank to another exhorting the men to be steady and to reserve their fire. No English soldier pulled a trigger : with matchless endurance they sustained the trial. Not a company wavered : their arms shouldered as if on parade, and motionless, save when they closed up the ghastly gaps, they waited the word of command. When the head of the French attack had reached within forty yards, Wolfe gave the order to fire.
Page 43 - Paris ; amounting in all to sixteen or seventeen thousand pounds a year ? Was it his birth ? No, a Dutch gentleman only. Was it his estate ? No, he had none. Was it his learning, his parts, his political abilities and application ? You can answer these questions as easily, and as soon, as I can ask them. What was it then ? Many people wondered, but I do not ; for I know, and will tell you. It was his air, his address, his manners, and his graces.
Page 421 - A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk : the parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire.
Page 383 - Know that this theory is false, his bark The daring mariner shall urge far o'er The Western wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashion'd like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest seaboat soon shall wing her way. Men shall descry another hemisphere...