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... light or easy task which Newcastle had thus accomplished : he had succeeded in finding a secretary of state with abilities inferior to his own . . . . . . The new Parliament met in November , 1754. Before that time a common resentment ...
... light or easy task which Newcastle had thus accomplished : he had succeeded in finding a secretary of state with abilities inferior to his own . . . . . . The new Parliament met in November , 1754. Before that time a common resentment ...
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... light horse , thirty seamen , and twelve pieces of field artillery : in all , 2300 men . * The Delawares and other friendly Indians , whose services were unfortunately so lightly valued , added considerably to the numbers of this ...
... light horse , thirty seamen , and twelve pieces of field artillery : in all , 2300 men . * The Delawares and other friendly Indians , whose services were unfortunately so lightly valued , added considerably to the numbers of this ...
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... light horsemen led the way toward Fort du Quesne , through an open space in the forest , followed by the grenadiers of the 44th and 48th : flanking parties . skirted the edge of the woods on both sides . The 44th regiment succeeded with ...
... light horsemen led the way toward Fort du Quesne , through an open space in the forest , followed by the grenadiers of the 44th and 48th : flanking parties . skirted the edge of the woods on both sides . The 44th regiment succeeded with ...
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... light , flat - bottomed boats , widest in the middle and pointed at each end , of about fifteen hundred weight burden , and managed by two men , called bateaux - men , with paddles and setting poles , the rivers being in many places too ...
... light , flat - bottomed boats , widest in the middle and pointed at each end , of about fifteen hundred weight burden , and managed by two men , called bateaux - men , with paddles and setting poles , the rivers being in many places too ...
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... light troops would have been impos- sible , owing to the thick underwood every where arresting the human foot ; and yet , from each dark clump of cedars , or from behind each projecting crag on the rugged banks , he might at any moment ...
... light troops would have been impos- sible , owing to the thick underwood every where arresting the human foot ; and yet , from each dark clump of cedars , or from behind each projecting crag on the rugged banks , he might at any moment ...
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Abercromby Admiral advance America Amherst arms army arrived artillery attack autres avoit banks battalions bien boats body Bougainville brave brigade British c'est campaign Canada Canadian Captain Charlevoix chief Colonel colony command Crown Point danger defense detachment embarked enemy enemy's England English étoit expedition fait favorable fell fire fleet force forest formed Fort Edward Fort Frontenac Fort William Henry France French gallant garrison governor Grenadiers Guanches guns honor Indians Infantry inhabitants island Jesuits Lake George Lake Ontario land Lawrence Lord Louisburg Marquis de Montcalm ment miles military militia Montcalm Montmorency Montreal nations Niagara night North officers orders Oswego parties Pitt Point Levi position possession Provincial qu'il qu'on Quebec Quesne regiment River St sailed savages scalped sent settlements ships shore Sir William Johnson soldiers spirit success Ticonderoga tion tout town trees tribes Vaudreuil vessels Wolfe Wolfe's woods wounded
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Page 285 - 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 590 Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice...
Page 266 - 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 221 - 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 311 - 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 222 - I have much business that must be attended to, of greater moment than your ruined garrison and this wretched country. My time is very short, therefore pray leave me. I wish you all comfort, and to be happily extricated from your present perplexities.
Page 247 - 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 fashioned 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 sea-boat soon shall wing her way.
Page 10 - 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 311 - Wherever the European has trod, death seems to pursue the aboriginal. We may look to the wide extent of the Americas, Polynesia, the Cape of Good Hope, and Australia, and we find the same result. Nor is it the white man alone that thus acts the destroyer...
Page 363 - ... the bishop of Quebec, who, animated with zeal for religion and charity for the people of his diocese, desires to reside...
Page 210 - MacDonald, were the first to land. Immediately over their heads hung a woody precipice, without path or track upon its rocky face. On the summit, a French sentinel marched to and fro, still unconscious of their presence. Without a moment's hesitation, MacDonald and his men dashed at the height.