History of the British Colonies: Possessions in North AmericaJ. Cochrane and Company, 1834 |
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... interest . Nothing at this period could exceed the loyalty of the British colonists ; although many were puritanical republicans , whose sympathies were not like- ly to be enlisted in favour of a Church and King or Imperial government ...
... interest . Nothing at this period could exceed the loyalty of the British colonists ; although many were puritanical republicans , whose sympathies were not like- ly to be enlisted in favour of a Church and King or Imperial government ...
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... where he will find facts so discreditable to our national honour , and so injurious to our nearest and dearest interests that I at first almost hesitated , whether I should INTRODUCTION . xvii print them , and thus shew how.
... where he will find facts so discreditable to our national honour , and so injurious to our nearest and dearest interests that I at first almost hesitated , whether I should INTRODUCTION . xvii print them , and thus shew how.
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... interests with the Colonies , will give their strenuous aid to those Ministers only who , by their measures , evince the greatest desire to give stability and prosperity to our transmarine empire ; and that as the Colonists are excluded ...
... interests with the Colonies , will give their strenuous aid to those Ministers only who , by their measures , evince the greatest desire to give stability and prosperity to our transmarine empire ; and that as the Colonists are excluded ...
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... interest in the Company should not derogate from the privileges of the nobility of the Kingdom . 3. The Stock or Shares were made transferable , and the revenue or profits of them alone , could be attached for Debts owing by the Holders ...
... interest in the Company should not derogate from the privileges of the nobility of the Kingdom . 3. The Stock or Shares were made transferable , and the revenue or profits of them alone , could be attached for Debts owing by the Holders ...
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... interest of the Company to be averse to colonization ; he represented to the minister Colbert the absolute necessity of the total resumption of the rights of the crown ; drew his attention to the means of obtain- ing abundance of ...
... interest of the Company to be averse to colonization ; he represented to the minister Colbert the absolute necessity of the total resumption of the rights of the crown ; drew his attention to the means of obtain- ing abundance of ...
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Página 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...
Página 467 - Belleisle and thence Northwardly indefinitely along the Coast, without prejudice however, to any of the exclusive Rights of the Hudson Bay Company...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...