Five years' residence in the Canadas: including a tour through part of the United States of America, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824 |
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... Hundred acres for every settler pro- posed to be taken out . " In order to prevent any evasion of this con- dition , the person applying for a grant of land will be required to pay down a sum at the rate of Ten Pounds for every settler ...
... Hundred acres for every settler pro- posed to be taken out . " In order to prevent any evasion of this con- dition , the person applying for a grant of land will be required to pay down a sum at the rate of Ten Pounds for every settler ...
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... Hundred persons , presented themselves as candidates for emigration under his auspices . When he had made the requisite arrange- ments with this numerous party , -some of whom were respectable yeomen , and others , small farmers of ...
... Hundred persons , presented themselves as candidates for emigration under his auspices . When he had made the requisite arrange- ments with this numerous party , -some of whom were respectable yeomen , and others , small farmers of ...
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... Hundred acres for each male indi- vidual above the age of Seventeen years who may accompany him . And as the Settlers become located on the land assigned to him , repay to him the sums affixed to their respective names ; drawing on my ...
... Hundred acres for each male indi- vidual above the age of Seventeen years who may accompany him . And as the Settlers become located on the land assigned to him , repay to him the sums affixed to their respective names ; drawing on my ...
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... Hundred and Ninety feet in height ; -the rocks of Point Levi on the South shore , displaying signs of human industry down to the very banks ; -and the ele- vated promontory opposite , on which the city of Quebec stands ; -combined with ...
... Hundred and Ninety feet in height ; -the rocks of Point Levi on the South shore , displaying signs of human industry down to the very banks ; -and the ele- vated promontory opposite , on which the city of Quebec stands ; -combined with ...
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Edward Allen Talbot. In fact , the whole country , for nearly One Hundred and Fifty miles below Quebec , differs greatly in its features from that which presented its rugged visage at the entrance of the Gulf , and is calculated most ...
Edward Allen Talbot. In fact , the whole country , for nearly One Hundred and Fifty miles below Quebec , differs greatly in its features from that which presented its rugged visage at the entrance of the Gulf , and is calculated most ...
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Page 85 - Faintly as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.
Page 298 - Whatever fruits in different climes are found, That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Page 85 - ... past. Why should we yet our sail unfurl ? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl. But, when the wind blows off the shore, Oh ! sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past. Utawas' tide ! this trembling moon Shall see us float over thy surges soon.
Page 4 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes...
Page 182 - ... of his feet are still to be seen, and hurled his bolts among them till the whole were slaughtered, except the big bull, who presenting his forehead to the shafts, shook them off as they fell ; but missing one at length, it wounded him in the side ; whereon, springing round, he bounded over the Ohio, over the Wabash, the Illinois, and finally over the great lakes, where he is living at this day.
Page 147 - Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men ; As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, Shoughs, water-rugs and demi-wolves, are clept All by the name of dogs : the valued file Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, The housekeeper, the hunter, every one According to the gift which bounteous nature Hath in him closed, whereby he does receive Particular addition...
Page 388 - And whereas We are desirous, upon all Occasions, to testify Our Royal Sense and Approbation of the Conduct and Bravery of the Officers and Soldiers of Our Armies, and to reward the same...
Page 117 - Gul in her bloom? Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute, Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie...
Page 137 - When two persons stand very near to each other, they can mutually hear their ordinary conversation ; when removed to a small distance, they are obliged to halloo ; and, when removed a little farther, cannot be heard at all. Every other sound is drowned in the tempest of noise made by the water, and all else in the regions of nature appears to be dumb. This noise is a vast thunder, filling the heavens, shaking the earth, and leaving the mind, although perfectly conscious of safety, and affected with...