An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Volumen 40T. Osborne, 1763 |
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... troops were fent over , which ftill added not only to the ftrength , but the tranquillity of the colony ; and the habits . of industry , application , and labour , became now to be fashionable . Happily for their neighbours , the ...
... troops were fent over , which ftill added not only to the ftrength , but the tranquillity of the colony ; and the habits . of industry , application , and labour , became now to be fashionable . Happily for their neighbours , the ...
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... troops on the river St. Laurence , and notwithstanding the great number of falls and rapids he met with between Montreal and lake Ontario , he fhewed the favages that it would always be in the power of the French to invade them by boats ...
... troops on the river St. Laurence , and notwithstanding the great number of falls and rapids he met with between Montreal and lake Ontario , he fhewed the favages that it would always be in the power of the French to invade them by boats ...
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... troops to be held at Montreal . Before he put them in motion , he sent a meflage to colonel Dongan , requiring him , according to the promife he had made in confequence of the duke of York's orders , not to oppofe his expedition against ...
... troops to be held at Montreal . Before he put them in motion , he sent a meflage to colonel Dongan , requiring him , according to the promife he had made in confequence of the duke of York's orders , not to oppofe his expedition against ...
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... troops were fo deftiture of provifions and fo fickly at the fame time , that they were preparing to return , when the welcome news of the treaty arrived . La Barre's joy at this was fo great , that the favages eafily perceived to what ...
... troops were fo deftiture of provifions and fo fickly at the fame time , that they were preparing to return , when the welcome news of the treaty arrived . La Barre's joy at this was fo great , that the favages eafily perceived to what ...
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... troops under two officers , Montortier and Defnos . Together with this reinforcement , he received a royal mandate , giv- ing thofe gentlemen a kind of power independent of him- felf , and appointing them to command in the most advanced ...
... troops under two officers , Montortier and Defnos . Together with this reinforcement , he received a royal mandate , giv- ing thofe gentlemen a kind of power independent of him- felf , and appointing them to command in the most advanced ...
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Página 421 - But since the natives of that place, who will be concerned in our plantation, are utterly strangers to Christianity, whose idolatry, ignorance, or mistake, gives us no right to expel, or use them ill; and those who remove from other parts to plant there, will unavoidably be of different opinions concerning matters of religion, the liberty whereof they will expect to have allowed them...
Página 366 - Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the River Mississippi, from its source...
Página 366 - France, in its whole breadth and length, from its source to the sea, and expressly that part, which is between the said island of New Orleans, and the right bank of that River, as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth...
Página 249 - Majesty, in full right, Canada, with all its dependencies, as well as the island of Cape Breton, and all the other islands and coasts in the gulph and river of St.
Página 232 - By the list of disabled officers, many of whom are of rank, you may perceive, Sir, that the army is much weakened. By the nature of the river, the most formidable part of this armament is deprived of the power of acting : yet we have almost the whole force of Canada to oppose. In this situation there is such a choice of difficulties that I own myself at a loss how to determine. The affairs of Great Britain I know require the most...
Página 455 - Trustees' cattle. The river is pretty wide, the water fresh, and from the key of the town you see its whole course to the sea, with the island of...
Página 232 - Neither one nor other of these advantages can any where else be found. The Enemy were indeed posted upon a commanding Eminence - The beach upon which the troops were drawn up, was of deep mud, with holes, and cut by several...
Página 249 - King cedes and makes over the whole to the said King, and to the Crown of Great Britain, and that in the most ample manner and form, without restriction, and without any liberty to depart from the said cession, and guaranty under any pretence, or to disturb Great Britain in the possessions above mentioned.
Página 250 - Majesty, and bring away their effects as well as their persons, without being restrained in their emigration, under any pretence whatsoever, except that of debts or of criminal prosecutions : The term limited for this emigration shall be fixed to the space of eighteen months, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty.
Página 238 - Lordship the Bishop of Quebec, who, animated with zeal for religion, and charity for the people of his diocese, desires to reside...