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... interest respecting many public events in which he had borne a leading part ; many reminiscences of a more personal character were also lost which would have thrown light on his private life . Mr. Brown seems not to have given a thought ...
... interest respecting many public events in which he had borne a leading part ; many reminiscences of a more personal character were also lost which would have thrown light on his private life . Mr. Brown seems not to have given a thought ...
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... Interest in Confederation .... 117 CHAPTER XXI . - Letter to the Roman Catholic Committee 122 CHAPTER XXII . Mr. Sandfield Macdonald's " Patent Com- bination " -- The Elections of 1872 -- Mr . Brown and Mr. Justice Wilson CHAPTER XXIII ...
... Interest in Confederation .... 117 CHAPTER XXI . - Letter to the Roman Catholic Committee 122 CHAPTER XXII . Mr. Sandfield Macdonald's " Patent Com- bination " -- The Elections of 1872 -- Mr . Brown and Mr. Justice Wilson CHAPTER XXIII ...
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... interests , who ought , as he contends , to bow before the authorities of Government House , Montreal , rather than those of Downing Street . " Lord Sydenham , notwithstanding his English Whig training , formed an administration of men ...
... interests , who ought , as he contends , to bow before the authorities of Government House , Montreal , rather than those of Downing Street . " Lord Sydenham , notwithstanding his English Whig training , formed an administration of men ...
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... interests of his journal . It was therefore natural that some anxiety should be felt to procure the establishment of the paper in the province where such important movements were on foot , and where there was no adequate represen ...
... interests of his journal . It was therefore natural that some anxiety should be felt to procure the establishment of the paper in the province where such important movements were on foot , and where there was no adequate represen ...
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... interests of the liberal party , there is no doubt but what Mr. Brown left for New York impressed with the belief that he should move permanently to the British Provinces , and that the liberal leaders would like to have his services as ...
... interests of the liberal party , there is no doubt but what Mr. Brown left for New York impressed with the belief that he should move permanently to the British Provinces , and that the liberal leaders would like to have his services as ...
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Page 186 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 355 - One commissioner shall be named by the President of the United States, one by Her Britannic Majesty, and a third by the President of the United States and Her Britannic Majesty conjointly; and in case the third commissioner shall not have been so named within a period of three months from the date when this article shall take effect, then the third commissioner shall be named by the representative at London of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary.
Page 183 - God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. 0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his...
Page 355 - Treaty, the amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, ought to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty in return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII.
Page 291 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Page 81 - Since the dear hour that brought me to thy foot, And cut up all my follies by the root, I never trusted in an arm but thine, Nor hoped, but in thy righteousness divine...
Page 182 - So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 155 - And, when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory, images and precious thoughts, That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.
Page 186 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Page 355 - XVIII of this Treaty ; and that any sum of money which the said Commissioners may so award shall be paid by the United States Government, in a gross sum, within twelve months after such award shall have been given.