History of the British Colonies: Possessions in North AmericaJ. Cochrane and Company, 1834 - Gibraltar |
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... French ever imbued with hos- In some provinces the making of hats was forbidden , and it was boasted by the framers of these unwise proceedings that the colonists should send to England for even horse - shoe nails . + Those economists ...
... French ever imbued with hos- In some provinces the making of hats was forbidden , and it was boasted by the framers of these unwise proceedings that the colonists should send to England for even horse - shoe nails . + Those economists ...
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... French Navy declined from the day that Canada passed into the hands of Great Britain ; -the possession of St. Domingo for a while ena- bled the French to keep a force on the ocean , but the revolution and inde- pendence of that island ...
... French Navy declined from the day that Canada passed into the hands of Great Britain ; -the possession of St. Domingo for a while ena- bled the French to keep a force on the ocean , but the revolution and inde- pendence of that island ...
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... French : in common with every good citizen , I am bound by every moral tie , and sacred obligation , to uphold the prosperity and power of the British empire - so long as I can do so without encroaching on the property , or wantonly ...
... French : in common with every good citizen , I am bound by every moral tie , and sacred obligation , to uphold the prosperity and power of the British empire - so long as I can do so without encroaching on the property , or wantonly ...
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... French and Portuguese engaged in the cod fishery on its banks . Jacques Cartier , a native of St. Maloes engaged in the New- foundland fishery , took the lead in exploring , at his own risk , the N. coasts of the new hemisphere ; this ...
... French and Portuguese engaged in the cod fishery on its banks . Jacques Cartier , a native of St. Maloes engaged in the New- foundland fishery , took the lead in exploring , at his own risk , the N. coasts of the new hemisphere ; this ...
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... French court finding that no gold or silver was to be had , paid no further attention to La Nouvelle France or Canada until the year 1540 , when Cartier , after much exertion , suc- ceeded in getting a royal expedition fitted out under ...
... French court finding that no gold or silver was to be had , paid no further attention to La Nouvelle France or Canada until the year 1540 , when Cartier , after much exertion , suc- ceeded in getting a royal expedition fitted out under ...
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Page 466 - Labrador so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such...
Page 467 - Belleisle and thence Northwardly indefinitely along the Coast, without prejudice however, to any of the exclusive Rights of the Hudson Bay Company...
Page 224 - Is the broad column which rolls on, and shows More like the fountain of an infant sea Torn from the womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world...
Page 467 - Whereas differences have arisen respecting the Liberty claimed by the United States for the Inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, and cure Fish on certain Coasts, Bays, Harbours, and Creeks of His Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America, it is agreed between The High Contracting Parties, that the Inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the Liberty to take Fish of every kind on that part of the Southern...
Page xii - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 224 - The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss ; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethou, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set...
Page xii - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron, thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that...
Page 464 - His Britannic Majesty will take the most positive measures for preventing his subjects from interrupting, in any manner, by their competition, the fishery of the French, during the temporary exercise of it which is granted to them upon the coasts of the Island of Newfoundland; and he will, for this purpose, cause the fixed settlements, which shall be formed there, to be removed.
Page 224 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 2 - 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...