The History of Acadia, from Its Discovery to Its Surrender to England, by the Treaty of Paris

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J. & A. McMillan, 1879 - 440 Seiten
 

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Seite 348 - They fought from heaven ; The stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The river of Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon.
Seite 308 - King may have liberty to remove themselves within a year to any other place, as they shall think fit, together with all their moveable effects. But those who are willing to remain there, and to be subject to the kingdom of Great Britain, are to enjoy the free exercise of their religion, according to the usage of the Church of Rome, as far as the laws of Great Britain do allow the same.
Seite 36 - Gaul, from the great towers and temples, and other edifices of lime and stone which seemed to rise out of the water.
Seite 64 - His zeal for the propagation of religion among the savages was so great, that he used to say, "that the salvation of one soul was of more value than the conquest of an empire...
Seite 308 - Whereas our good brother, the Most Christian King, hath, at our desire, released from imprisonment on board his galleys, such of his subjects as were detained there on account of their professing the Protestant religion. We, being willing to show by some mark of our...
Seite 298 - Real misery was wholly unknown, and benevolence anticipated the demands of poverty. Every misfortune was relieved as it were before it could be felt, without ostentation on the one hand, and without meanness on the other. It was, in short, a society of brethren; every individual of which was equally ready to give, and to receive, what he thought the common right of mankind.
Seite 37 - We observed also the temples and adoratories of the adjacent cities, built in the form of towers and fortresses, and others on the causeway, all whitewashed, and wonderfully brilliant. The noise and bustle of the market-place below us could be heard almost a league off, and those who had been at Rome and at Constantinople said, that for convenience, regularity, and population, they had never seen the like.
Seite 304 - The Acadians have not extended their plantations since they have come under English dominion ; their houses are wretched wooden boxes, without conveniences and without ornaments, and scarcely containing the most necessary furniture ; but they are extremely covetous of specie.
Seite 35 - The style and character of these ornaments were entirely different from those of any we had ever seen before, either in that country or any other ; they bore no resemblance whatever to those of Copan or Palenque, and were quite as unique and peculiar. The designs were strange and incomprehensible, very elaborate, sometimes grotesque, but often simple, tasteful, and beautiful. Among the intelligible subjects are squares and diamonds with busts of human beings, heads of leopards, and compositions of...
Seite 67 - In taking two stations having the same value, the one to the north and the other to the south of...

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