Portraits of British Americans, Volume 2W. Notman, 1867 - Biography Contains photographic portraits of prominent Canadians |
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... becoming reverence , for he was early taught to " honour his father and his mother . " But for the memory of the latter , whom he lost at a very early age , if we may publish in this place the observations of his most cherished friends ...
... becoming reverence , for he was early taught to " honour his father and his mother . " But for the memory of the latter , whom he lost at a very early age , if we may publish in this place the observations of his most cherished friends ...
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... become familiar alike from use and criticism , for the proposed confederacy was in his mind and writings associated with the idea of a " new nationality . " At the general election in 1858 , Mr. McGee's public career in Canada commenced ...
... become familiar alike from use and criticism , for the proposed confederacy was in his mind and writings associated with the idea of a " new nationality . " At the general election in 1858 , Mr. McGee's public career in Canada commenced ...
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... become its masters ; and this population need , as all civilized men need , religious and civil liberty , unity authority , free intercourse , commerce , security and law . " Again , in the same paper , Mr. McGee exhibits the materials ...
... become its masters ; and this population need , as all civilized men need , religious and civil liberty , unity authority , free intercourse , commerce , security and law . " Again , in the same paper , Mr. McGee exhibits the materials ...
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... become a Principality worthy of the acceptance of one of the Sons of that Sovereign whose reign inaugurated the firm foundation of our Colonial liberties . If I am right , the Railroad will give us union - union will give us nationality ...
... become a Principality worthy of the acceptance of one of the Sons of that Sovereign whose reign inaugurated the firm foundation of our Colonial liberties . If I am right , the Railroad will give us union - union will give us nationality ...
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... become , if all of us do our duty to the last . Men do not talk on this continent of changes wrought by centuries ... become , for there is great danger of her becoming , a suicide ; and expire wretchedly from some act of unpremeditated ...
... become , if all of us do our duty to the last . Men do not talk on this continent of changes wrought by centuries ... become , for there is great danger of her becoming , a suicide ; and expire wretchedly from some act of unpremeditated ...
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Page 322 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Page 61 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 340 - Now know ye, that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration...
Page 34 - To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. Most Gracious Sovereign, — We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Senate...
Page 345 - Reign. 1. With these Our Instructions You will receive Our Commission under Our Great Seal of Great Britain, constituting You Our Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over Our Province of Quebec in America, bounded on the Labrador Coast by the River St.
Page 124 - Never give up! there are chances and changes Helping the hopeful a hundred to one, And through the chaos High Wisdom arranges Ever success, — if you'll only hope on: Never give up! for the wisest is boldest, Knowing that Providence mingles the cup, And of all maxims the best, as the oldest Is the true watchword of "Never give up!
Page 180 - Shakspeare, that, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.
Page 23 - I see in the not remote distance, one great nationality bound, like the shield of Achilles, by the blue rim of Ocean.
Page 23 - I see it quartered into many communities — each disposing of its internal affairs — but all bound together by free institutions, free intercourse, and free commerce; I see within the round of that shield, the peaks of the western mountains and the crests of the eastern waves — the winding Assiniboine, the five-fold lakes, the St. Lawrence, the Ottawa, the Saguenay, the St. John...
Page 4 - My mother ! at that holy name Within my bosom there's a gush Of feeling which no time can tame. A feeling, which for years of fame, I would not, could not crush...