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... positions which should enable them to circumscribe , and at the same time annoy , the frontier settlements of the English . The execution of this plan was probably in some degree accelerated by an act of the British government . The ...
... positions which should enable them to circumscribe , and at the same time annoy , the frontier settlements of the English . The execution of this plan was probably in some degree accelerated by an act of the British government . The ...
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... position of Fort Frederic , called by the English Crown Point . While these plans were being carried out , Colonel Monck- ton , * with Colonel Winslow , marched against the French settlements in the Bay of Fundy ; their force of nearly ...
... position of Fort Frederic , called by the English Crown Point . While these plans were being carried out , Colonel Monck- ton , * with Colonel Winslow , marched against the French settlements in the Bay of Fundy ; their force of nearly ...
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George Warburton. of four days . He left some troops to defend this position , which he now called Fort Cumberland , and proceeded the next day to a small intrenchment on the River Gaspereau , where the French had established their ...
George Warburton. of four days . He left some troops to defend this position , which he now called Fort Cumberland , and proceeded the next day to a small intrenchment on the River Gaspereau , where the French had established their ...
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... position , where the underwood and long grass concealed them from the approaching enemy . Intelligence of a contradictory nature as to the strength and movements of the French had been every day carried to the unfortunate Braddock by ...
... position , where the underwood and long grass concealed them from the approaching enemy . Intelligence of a contradictory nature as to the strength and movements of the French had been every day carried to the unfortunate Braddock by ...
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... lay dead and dying on the ground . The French had coolly taken aim from their unseen position , and singled out the officers with fatal effect , for every one was killed or wounded in that first THE CONQUEST OF CANADA . 21.
... lay dead and dying on the ground . The French had coolly taken aim from their unseen position , and singled out the officers with fatal effect , for every one was killed or wounded in that first THE CONQUEST OF CANADA . 21.
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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.