Annual TransactionsHunter, Rose Company, Limited, printers, 1897 |
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Annual Transactions, Volumen 3 United Empire Loyalists' Association of Ontario Vista completa - 1900 |
Términos y frases comunes
27 Cecil St Adolphustown Alexander Allan McLean Allan McLean Howard American annual appointed army Bay of Quinte Beverley Robinson Bloor St British brother Canadian Capt Captain church Clarkson College St Colonel colonies Crown daughter DAVID TISDALE descendants Egerton Ryerson eldest elected England Executive Committee father Gananoque George St George Sterling Ryerson Government granted Hamilton Merritt Herman Henry Cook Honorary Vice-Presidents Honourable Indians James Jarvis John Beverley Robinson King Kingston lady land lived loyal loyalty Macdonald MACDONELL married membership Militia Miss Mohawk Niagara Nova Scotia officers Ontario Ottawa Palatines Parliament party Peter present President Province Quebec Rangers rebels regiment river Royal Ryerson Samuel Secord Secretary settled settlement settlers Simcoe Sir John Spadina Ave Teeple Thomas tion Tories Toronto town township U. E. Loyalists United Empire Loyalists Upper Canada wife William William Hamilton Merritt William Roaf York
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Página 55 - Old wives spinning their webs of tow, Or rocking weirdly to and fro In and out of the peat's dull glow, And old men mending their nets of twine, Talk together of dream and sign, Talk of the lost ship Palatine, — The ship that, a hundred years before, Freighted deep with its goodly store, In the gales of the equinox went ashore. The eager islanders one by one Counted the shots of her signal gun, And heard the crash when she drove right on...
Página 19 - as the order of the couucil expresses it, " upon the families who had adhered to the unity of the Empire, and joined the royal standard in America, before the treaty of separation in the year 1783.
Página 104 - There is in the American government, considered as a whole, a want of unity. Its branches are unconnected; their efforts are not directed to one aim, do not produce one harmonious result. The sailors, the helmsman, the engineer, do not seem to have one purpose or obey one will, so that instead of making steady way the vessel may pursue a devious or zigzag course, and sometimes merely turn round and round in the water.
Página 55 - Down swooped the wreckers, like birds of prey, Tearing the heart of the ship away, And the dead had never a word to say. And then, with ghastly shimmer and shine Over the rocks and the seething brine, They burned the wreck of the Palatine. In their cruel hearts, as they homeward sped, " The sea and the rocks are dumb," they said: " There '11 be no reckoning with the dead.
Página 90 - I know you young men are all in love with Mrs. Arnold, and wish to get where she is as soon as possible. You may go and take breakfast with her, and tell her not to wait for me. I must ride down and examine the redoubts on this side of the river, and will be there in a short time.
Página 59 - We do faithfully promise each to each, for ourselves and families, and those that belong to us; that we will, the Lord assisting us, sit down and join ourselves together in one entire plantation; and to be helpful each to the other in every common work, according to every man's ability and as need shall require...
Página 106 - For the chairmen of the Standing Committees do not constitute a cooperative body like a ministry. They do not consult and concur in the adoption of homogeneous and mutually helpful measures; there is no thought of acting in concert. Each Committee goes its own way at its own pace.
Página 106 - I know not how better to describe our form of government in a single phrase than by calling it a government by the chairmen of the Standing Committees of Congress.
Página 5 - Remembrancers of the Province, as proper objects, by their persevering in the Fidelity and Conduct so honourable to their ancestors, for distinguished Benefits and Privileges. And it is also ordered, that the said Land Boards may in every such case provide not only for the Sons of those Loyalists, as they arrive...