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... establishing a new constitution embodying just principles of government . It is always a difficult task to write contemporary history . That difficulty had to be encountered in the present work . Other actors in the events described ...
... establishing a new constitution embodying just principles of government . It is always a difficult task to write contemporary history . That difficulty had to be encountered in the present work . Other actors in the events described ...
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... established after Lord Durham's visit , was as yet by no means uprooted . The remnants of this faction immediately attached them- selves to the skirts of the despotic Governor : they felt that they had now a potential leader . They ...
... established after Lord Durham's visit , was as yet by no means uprooted . The remnants of this faction immediately attached them- selves to the skirts of the despotic Governor : they felt that they had now a potential leader . They ...
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... established ; it would therefore necessarily be much injured at that time by its chief editor devoting himself to the legislative work of the province . The Draper administration managed to obtain a bare majority , and maintained a ...
... established ; it would therefore necessarily be much injured at that time by its chief editor devoting himself to the legislative work of the province . The Draper administration managed to obtain a bare majority , and maintained a ...
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... established his reputation as one of the fore- most men in Canada both as a speaker and writer , and then and ever afterwards he could have obtained a seat in parliament for many of the constituencies . Up to the triumph of the liberals ...
... established his reputation as one of the fore- most men in Canada both as a speaker and writer , and then and ever afterwards he could have obtained a seat in parliament for many of the constituencies . Up to the triumph of the liberals ...
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... established church on Canada , and so introduce the discord and constant agitation which prevailed in the mother land . men . Parliament was summoned to meet on the 25th day of February , being about a month after the return of the ...
... established church on Canada , and so introduce the discord and constant agitation which prevailed in the mother land . men . Parliament was summoned to meet on the 25th day of February , being about a month after the return of the ...
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