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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Page v
... present political situation has occupied a large portion of my thoughts ; the want of correct information among the people of England , respecting that situation , has been long to me a subject of deep regret and solicitude ; and , at ...
... present political situation has occupied a large portion of my thoughts ; the want of correct information among the people of England , respecting that situation , has been long to me a subject of deep regret and solicitude ; and , at ...
Page viii
... present difficult situation . In giving my feeble talents to the common cause , I aspire to no literary reputation ; I submit to an im- partial public , with the greatest possible humility , my opinion respecting the political affairs ...
... present difficult situation . In giving my feeble talents to the common cause , I aspire to no literary reputation ; I submit to an im- partial public , with the greatest possible humility , my opinion respecting the political affairs ...
Page ix
... present , I think it the duty of every man , interested in the welfare of the Canadian people , to expose before the British public , by all means in his power , the true cause of our evils , and the manner in which they ought to be ...
... present , I think it the duty of every man , interested in the welfare of the Canadian people , to expose before the British public , by all means in his power , the true cause of our evils , and the manner in which they ought to be ...
Page x
... present moderate di- mensions . 1 In the Appendix ( No. III . ) will be found a list of such works as might be read with advantage , by those who are desirous of procuring information re- specting the colony . One of these I cannot help ...
... present moderate di- mensions . 1 In the Appendix ( No. III . ) will be found a list of such works as might be read with advantage , by those who are desirous of procuring information re- specting the colony . One of these I cannot help ...
Page xii
... present Work was originally nearly all written in French , and that I have had it translated , in hopes that thereby it may be more generally read . THE AUTHOR . CONTENTS . CHAP . I. Discovery of the Country , xii PREFACE .
... present Work was originally nearly all written in French , and that I have had it translated , in hopes that thereby it may be more generally read . THE AUTHOR . CONTENTS . CHAP . I. Discovery of the Country , xii PREFACE .
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