The Irishman in CanadaS. Low, Marston & Company, 1877 - 692 páginas |
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... four Provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick and Nova Scotia , the Irish number 846,414 , as compared with 706,369 English , and 549,946 Scotch . The Irishman was here as early as others ; he fought against the wilderness as well ...
... four Provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick and Nova Scotia , the Irish number 846,414 , as compared with 706,369 English , and 549,946 Scotch . The Irishman was here as early as others ; he fought against the wilderness as well ...
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... four hundred years old . Skirting the Fraser , he will see the Indian fisherman haul out a salmon on the sands , whence the miner is sifting sparkling ore . In Cariboo , in Cassiar , in the valley of the Stickeen , the precious metal is ...
... four hundred years old . Skirting the Fraser , he will see the Indian fisherman haul out a salmon on the sands , whence the miner is sifting sparkling ore . In Cariboo , in Cassiar , in the valley of the Stickeen , the precious metal is ...
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... four centuries was decided . They carried their arms into Greece and overran Asia Minor . They sacked Delphi ; " they met the summons of Alexander with gasconading defiance ; they overthrew the phalanx in the plains of Macedon . " * We ...
... four centuries was decided . They carried their arms into Greece and overran Asia Minor . They sacked Delphi ; " they met the summons of Alexander with gasconading defiance ; they overthrew the phalanx in the plains of Macedon . " * We ...
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... four burgesses were declared incapable of civic trust because they would not submit to this test . Most of these had been prominent in the defence of the city during the celebrated siege . The Regium Donum was taken away under Anne , to ...
... four burgesses were declared incapable of civic trust because they would not submit to this test . Most of these had been prominent in the defence of the city during the celebrated siege . The Regium Donum was taken away under Anne , to ...
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... four to three was thought strong , equal parts made them mad . I am unable to discover whether their wines were stronger or their heads weaker than ours . This is certain , that to them their wines were as strong as whiskey is to us ...
... four to three was thought strong , equal parts made them mad . I am unable to discover whether their wines were stronger or their heads weaker than ours . This is certain , that to them their wines were as strong as whiskey is to us ...
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Página 183 - FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St Ann's our parting hymn...
Página 203 - Tis a note of enchantment ; what ails her ? She sees A mountain ascending, a vision of trees ; Bright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide, And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside.
Página 177 - What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life's page, And be alone on earth, as I am now.
Página 128 - To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast : keep then the path ; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue : If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost...
Página 183 - The rapids arc near and the daylight's past. Why should we yet our sail unfurl? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl, But, when the wind blows off the shore, Oh, sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near and the daylight's past. Utawas
Página 563 - And love of Ombre, after death survive. For when the Fair in all their pride expire, To their first elements their souls retire. The sprites of fiery termagants in flame Mount up, and take a Salamander's name.
Página 24 - The country was portioned out among the captains of the invaders. Strong military institutions, closely connected with the institution of property, enabled the foreign conquerors to oppress the children of the soil. A cruel penal code, cruelly enforced, guarded the privileges, and even the sports, of the alien tyrants. Yet the subject race, though beaten down and trodden under foot, still made its sting felt. Some bold men, the favourite heroes of our oldest ballads, betook themselves to the woods,...
Página 23 - The battle of Hastings, and the events which followed it, not only placed a Duke of Normandy on the English throne, but gave up the whole population of England to the tyranny of the Norman race. The subjugation of a nation by a nation has seldom,, even in Asia, been more complete.
Página 268 - Search not to find what lies too deeply hid, Nor to know things whose knowledge is forbid ; Nor climb on pyramids, which thy head turn round Standing, and whence no safe descent is found.
Página 128 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps are good deeds past; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...