History of the British Colonies: Possessions in North AmericaJ. Cochrane and Company, 1834 |
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... four leagues above the isle of Orleans ( first called the isle of Bacchus ) , but for want of any settled plans , and from the rising and deadly hostility of the Indians , owing to Car- tier's having carried off the Indian Chief in 1535 ...
... four leagues above the isle of Orleans ( first called the isle of Bacchus ) , but for want of any settled plans , and from the rising and deadly hostility of the Indians , owing to Car- tier's having carried off the Indian Chief in 1535 ...
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... four other Gentle- men were formed into a Sovereign Council , to whom was extended the powers of cognizance in all causes , civil and criminal , to judge in the last resort according to the laws and ordinances of France and the practice ...
... four other Gentle- men were formed into a Sovereign Council , to whom was extended the powers of cognizance in all causes , civil and criminal , to judge in the last resort according to the laws and ordinances of France and the practice ...
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... resided within the Kingdom . 11. Lastly , in this munificent Edict , His Majesty agrees to advance one tenth of the whole stock , without interest , for four years , FAILURE OF CANADIAN MONOPOLY . 15 subject to a proportion.
... resided within the Kingdom . 11. Lastly , in this munificent Edict , His Majesty agrees to advance one tenth of the whole stock , without interest , for four years , FAILURE OF CANADIAN MONOPOLY . 15 subject to a proportion.
Sivu 20
... four hundred per cent . on the merchandise , and six hundred crowns to each of the canoe - men . But an essential part of this regulated trade , should be more particularly alluded to the canoe - men were not only entitled to provisions ...
... four hundred per cent . on the merchandise , and six hundred crowns to each of the canoe - men . But an essential part of this regulated trade , should be more particularly alluded to the canoe - men were not only entitled to provisions ...
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... four hours duration the French retreated to Crown Point with a loss of 1,000 men , and the capture of their leader , who was severely wounded : this suc- cess restored the animation of the British army and helped to train the ...
... four hours duration the French retreated to Crown Point with a loss of 1,000 men , and the capture of their leader , who was severely wounded : this suc- cess restored the animation of the British army and helped to train the ...
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Sivu 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...
Sivu 467 - Belleisle and thence Northwardly indefinitely along the Coast, without prejudice however, to any of the exclusive Rights of the Hudson Bay Company...
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...