Portraits of British Americans, Volume 2William Notman, 1867 Contains photographic portraits of prominent Canadians |
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... political significance , were in the highest degree complimentary to one who at the time was not " out of his teens ... politics of the eventful years which com- menced then and ended in 1848. Ardent by temperament , and enthusiastic by ...
... political significance , were in the highest degree complimentary to one who at the time was not " out of his teens ... politics of the eventful years which com- menced then and ended in 1848. Ardent by temperament , and enthusiastic by ...
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... political appliances . Accordingly they planned , among other works , a series of stirring shilling volumes for the people , entitled the " Library of Ireland . ” The famine of 1847 extinguished the enterprize , but not until twenty ...
... political appliances . Accordingly they planned , among other works , a series of stirring shilling volumes for the people , entitled the " Library of Ireland . ” The famine of 1847 extinguished the enterprize , but not until twenty ...
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... politics of fifty years since were no more worthy of recall than was the Irish policy of two hundred years since . Young Ireland should not , we venture to think , have invoked the embarrassing memories of the past , if it wished to ...
... politics of fifty years since were no more worthy of recall than was the Irish policy of two hundred years since . Young Ireland should not , we venture to think , have invoked the embarrassing memories of the past , if it wished to ...
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... political writings were . But while admitting the exaggerated rancour which characterized his words , it will undoubt- edly be allowed that time and the opportunity for closer observa- tion produced their usual influence on his ...
... political writings were . But while admitting the exaggerated rancour which characterized his words , it will undoubt- edly be allowed that time and the opportunity for closer observa- tion produced their usual influence on his ...
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... political , historical , or social . A stanza selected from one of his Canadian ballads illustrates this phase of his character , and supplies a key note to his conduct : " Let fortune frown and foes increase , And life's long battle ...
... political , historical , or social . A stanza selected from one of his Canadian ballads illustrates this phase of his character , and supplies a key note to his conduct : " Let fortune frown and foes increase , And life's long battle ...
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acquired administration afterwards ALLAN NAPIER MACNAB America appears appointed arrived associated attracted became believe British Brown Canadian character Chief Justice Church Colonel Prince Colonel Rhodes Colonial command conjecture course Court Crown duty Earl election England Excellency expressed father former friends Galt gentleman Governor honor House of Assembly Hugh Allan influence interest John Jonathan Sewell land last mentioned latter Legislative Council less Logan Lord Metcalfe Lower Canada MacNab Majesty McGee McGill ment Merritt Militia mind minister Montreal nature Nova Scotia observed occasion opinion Parliament party passed Peter McGill political possessed President probably Province Quebec Quebec Conference question reason received regiment represented resolution Royal Highness Sewell Sir Allan Sir William Logan sketch speaker speech success Tessier Thomas D'Arcy McGee thought tion took Toronto Upper Canada William Hamilton Merritt young youth
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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 324 - 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 347 - 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 180 - Shakspeare, that, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.
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...
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 267 - THE proudest motto for the young! Write it in lines of gold Upon thy heart, and in thy mind The stirring words enfold. And in misfortune's dreary hour, Or fortune's prosperous gale, 'Twill have a holy, cheering power, "There's no such word as fail.
Page 259 - MAJESTY having taken the said Report into consideration was pleased by and with the advice of His Privy Council to approve thereof and to order as it is hereby ordered that the same be punctually observed obeyed and carried into execution.
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 23 - ... the five-fold lakes, the St. Lawrence, the Ottawa, the Saguenay, the St. John, and the basin of Minas. By all these flowing waters in all the valleys they fertilize, in all the cities they visit in their courses, I see a generation of industrious, contented, moral men, free in name and in fact - men capable of maintaining, in peace and in war, a constitution worthy of such a country!