Sketches of Celebrated Canadians: And Persons Connected with Canada, from the Earliest Period in the History of the Province Down to the Present TimeHunter, Rose & Company, 1862 - 779 páginas |
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... feeling seemed to solace the minds of the colonists somewhat , under the oppression of the double yoke they had to bear . " DE MAISONNEUVE , PAUL CHOMEDY DE MAISONNEUVE was the founder of the City of Montreal in 1642 , where he had ...
... feeling seemed to solace the minds of the colonists somewhat , under the oppression of the double yoke they had to bear . " DE MAISONNEUVE , PAUL CHOMEDY DE MAISONNEUVE was the founder of the City of Montreal in 1642 , where he had ...
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... feelings of love and admiration , blended with deep regret for his sad and melancholy fate whilst so nobly earning for himself a name which will be carried down to posterity with honor and distinction . Robert Cavalier de la Salle was a ...
... feelings of love and admiration , blended with deep regret for his sad and melancholy fate whilst so nobly earning for himself a name which will be carried down to posterity with honor and distinction . Robert Cavalier de la Salle was a ...
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... feeling which only terminated by the frightful " Massacre of Lachine . " He certainly had sound ideas on many points ; but he had a speculative , rather than an energetic mind , and was not prompt in action . Few governors of Canada ...
... feeling which only terminated by the frightful " Massacre of Lachine . " He certainly had sound ideas on many points ; but he had a speculative , rather than an energetic mind , and was not prompt in action . Few governors of Canada ...
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... feelings of the old general , offered him an earldom and the rank of field - marshal , both of which he at that time rejected . The office of field - marshal , however , he accepted in July , 1796. He died without children , at his seat ...
... feelings of the old general , offered him an earldom and the rank of field - marshal , both of which he at that time rejected . The office of field - marshal , however , he accepted in July , 1796. He died without children , at his seat ...
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... feeling except his deep sense of the fitness , ability and merit of each for the command and service entrusted to them ; and he was not wrong in his calcula- tion , as history assures us each proved himself well worthy of the confidence ...
... feeling except his deep sense of the fitness , ability and merit of each for the command and service entrusted to them ; and he was not wrong in his calcula- tion , as history assures us each proved himself well worthy of the confidence ...
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