A Political and Historical Account of Lower Canada: With Remarks on the Present Situation of the People, as Regards Their Manners, Character, Religion, &c. &cW. Marsh & A. Miller, 1830 - 275 pages |
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... persons ignorant of the state of the in- formation of Englishmen respecting Canada , they seldom contain such matter , or are put into such a form , as to gratify or excite the curiosity of the English public . These circumstances have ...
... persons ignorant of the state of the in- formation of Englishmen respecting Canada , they seldom contain such matter , or are put into such a form , as to gratify or excite the curiosity of the English public . These circumstances have ...
Page x
... inhabitants of French extraction- " French Canadians , " as he calls them . This is not surprising to persons in the colony , who are acquainted with the politics of the country ; but in England , where the secrets of the local X PREFACE .
... inhabitants of French extraction- " French Canadians , " as he calls them . This is not surprising to persons in the colony , who are acquainted with the politics of the country ; but in England , where the secrets of the local X PREFACE .
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... persons drawn from a distant country , ignorant of the manners and situation of the people they are destined to rule , and careless of those interests with which they are but temporarily connected : it will exhibit to him a scene of ...
... persons drawn from a distant country , ignorant of the manners and situation of the people they are destined to rule , and careless of those interests with which they are but temporarily connected : it will exhibit to him a scene of ...
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... persons wholly undeserving of the favour of the English nation . In the disastrous war of American independence , the Canadians steadily adhered to the fortunes of the English , and bravely repelled an attack of the Americans , almost ...
... persons wholly undeserving of the favour of the English nation . In the disastrous war of American independence , the Canadians steadily adhered to the fortunes of the English , and bravely repelled an attack of the Americans , almost ...
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... persons struggling up the path , struck the ear of the sentinel in spite of the roar of the storm ; the sentinel immediately challenged the persons whom he supposed to be approaching : to this challenge , no answer being returned , he ...
... persons struggling up the path , struck the ear of the sentinel in spite of the roar of the storm ; the sentinel immediately challenged the persons whom he supposed to be approaching : to this challenge , no answer being returned , he ...
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