Portraits of British Americans, Volume 2W. Notman, 1867 - Biography Contains photographic portraits of prominent Canadians |
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... friend meeting in the same person , exerted no inconsiderable influence on the young enthusiast . Mr. Grattan's sympathies fell upon an appreciative mind ; for Mr. McGee always speaks of his character HON . THOMAS D'ARCY MCGEE . 7.
... friend meeting in the same person , exerted no inconsiderable influence on the young enthusiast . Mr. Grattan's sympathies fell upon an appreciative mind ; for Mr. McGee always speaks of his character HON . THOMAS D'ARCY MCGEE . 7.
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... character with admi- ration and of his services with gratitude . A new page in the eventful life of the subject of our sketch was however about to be opened . The obscure lad who had turned his back upon Ireland was about to be beckoned ...
... character with admi- ration and of his services with gratitude . A new page in the eventful life of the subject of our sketch was however about to be opened . The obscure lad who had turned his back upon Ireland was about to be beckoned ...
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... character , for we are credibly informed that now , after a period of twenty years , the books we have mentioned still retain their popularity . Mr. McGee , if we remember aright , has somewhere said , with respect to the transactions ...
... character , for we are credibly informed that now , after a period of twenty years , the books we have mentioned still retain their popularity . Mr. McGee , if we remember aright , has somewhere said , with respect to the transactions ...
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... character , and supplies a key note to his conduct : " Let fortune frown and foes increase , And life's long battle know no peace , Give me to wear upon my breast The object of my early quest , Undimm'd , unbroken , and unchang'd , The ...
... character , and supplies a key note to his conduct : " Let fortune frown and foes increase , And life's long battle know no peace , Give me to wear upon my breast The object of my early quest , Undimm'd , unbroken , and unchang'd , The ...
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... characters of their modes of thought . No matter , however , whether the range of their reasoning was broad or deep , horizontal or vertical , circular or lateral , profound or peculiar , it was commonly acknowledged by the subject of ...
... characters of their modes of thought . No matter , however , whether the range of their reasoning was broad or deep , horizontal or vertical , circular or lateral , profound or peculiar , it was commonly acknowledged by the subject of ...
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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...