Montcalm and Wolfe, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - United States |
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... arms of France had prospered in the other hemisphere ; if she had gained in Europe or Asia territories with which to buy back what she had lost in America , then , in all likelihood , Canada would have passed again into her hands . The ...
... arms of France had prospered in the other hemisphere ; if she had gained in Europe or Asia territories with which to buy back what she had lost in America , then , in all likelihood , Canada would have passed again into her hands . The ...
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... arms of France , stamped on a sheet of tin , were nailed to a tree , a plate of lead was buried at its foot , and the notary of the expedition drew up a formal act of the whole pro- ceeding . The leaden plate was inscribed as fol- lows ...
... arms of France , stamped on a sheet of tin , were nailed to a tree , a plate of lead was buried at its foot , and the notary of the expedition drew up a formal act of the whole pro- ceeding . The leaden plate was inscribed as fol- lows ...
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... arms , and the rest ordered to sleep in their clothes . Joncaire discovered through some women of his acquaintance that an attack was intended . Whatever the danger may have been , the precautions of the French averted it ; and in ...
... arms , and the rest ordered to sleep in their clothes . Joncaire discovered through some women of his acquaintance that an attack was intended . Whatever the danger may have been , the precautions of the French averted it ; and in ...
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... arms against the English , and many others aided the enemy with information and supplies . English power in Acadia , hitherto limited to a feeble garrison at Annapolis and a feebler one at Canseau , received at this time a great ...
... arms against the English , and many others aided the enemy with information and supplies . English power in Acadia , hitherto limited to a feeble garrison at Annapolis and a feebler one at Canseau , received at this time a great ...
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... arms against either French or Indians . In fact , such service had not been demanded of them , and they would have lived in virtual neutrality , had not many of them broken their oaths and joined the French war- parties . For this ...
... arms against either French or Indians . In fact , such service had not been demanded of them , and they would have lived in virtual neutrality , had not many of them broken their oaths and joined the French war- parties . For this ...
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