Portraits of British Americans, Volume 2W. Notman, 1867 - Biography Contains photographic portraits of prominent Canadians |
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... sketch may neither be a prophet , nor the son of a prophet , it is not improbable that , could we trace his genealogy aright , we might discover that the trunk of his family tree is rooted and grounded in poetic earth ; for his ...
... sketch may neither be a prophet , nor the son of a prophet , it is not improbable that , could we trace his genealogy aright , we might discover that the trunk of his family tree is rooted and grounded in poetic earth ; for his ...
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... sketch always alludes to his mother as a person of genius and acquirements , rare in her own or in any other class . She was endowed , as Mr. McGee is accustomed to say , with a fertile imagination as well as a culti- vated mind ...
... sketch always alludes to his mother as a person of genius and acquirements , rare in her own or in any other class . She was endowed , as Mr. McGee is accustomed to say , with a fertile imagination as well as a culti- vated mind ...
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... sketch , even in his early youth , observed that condition ; but we have no means of knowing where or in what way he acquired the fluent habit of graceful and polished oratory . For since he was enthroned on his mother's tea - table ...
... sketch , even in his early youth , observed that condition ; but we have no means of knowing where or in what way he acquired the fluent habit of graceful and polished oratory . For since he was enthroned on his mother's tea - table ...
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... sketch through its columns a policy which harmonized with the name of his paper . He earnestly advocated , and has continued to advocate , ever since that time , an early union of all the Colonies of British North America . In doing so ...
... sketch through its columns a policy which harmonized with the name of his paper . He earnestly advocated , and has continued to advocate , ever since that time , an early union of all the Colonies of British North America . In doing so ...
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... sketch in a cheerful Irish way , amusing enough to the spectator , but probably not as agreeable to those who looked for grave reflections on grave thoughts . The truth is , that Mr. McGee always seemed to be , in spite of himself ...
... sketch in a cheerful Irish way , amusing enough to the spectator , but probably not as agreeable to those who looked for grave reflections on grave thoughts . The truth is , that Mr. McGee always seemed to be , in spite of himself ...
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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...