Letters from Canada, Written During a Residence There in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 406 halaman |
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Halaman 23
... judge pretty correctly what height of masts she should have , and , therefore , can nearly determine her distance ; a very important matter in time of war , and in case of being chased . If , according to your reckoning , you run ninety ...
... judge pretty correctly what height of masts she should have , and , therefore , can nearly determine her distance ; a very important matter in time of war , and in case of being chased . If , according to your reckoning , you run ninety ...
Halaman 34
... judge of a people from the appearance of a few fisher- men ; at the same time , we ought to recol- lect that the Indians are all fishermen and hunters , and that therefore those we saw are more likely to be a fair sample of the whole ...
... judge of a people from the appearance of a few fisher- men ; at the same time , we ought to recol- lect that the Indians are all fishermen and hunters , and that therefore those we saw are more likely to be a fair sample of the whole ...
Halaman 41
... judge of the outward and visible part of a country , its inhabitants , and their customs . Indeed , I am convinced that it is during the first few weeks ' residence that you are best qualified to judge of , and de- scribe these matters ...
... judge of the outward and visible part of a country , its inhabitants , and their customs . Indeed , I am convinced that it is during the first few weeks ' residence that you are best qualified to judge of , and de- scribe these matters ...
Halaman 83
... judges , ( as in Scot- land and Ireland ) , might continue to act , each for their own district , under such new regulations as might seem expedient . The laws and language of Upper and Lower Canada being different , need be no objec ...
... judges , ( as in Scot- land and Ireland ) , might continue to act , each for their own district , under such new regulations as might seem expedient . The laws and language of Upper and Lower Canada being different , need be no objec ...
Halaman 105
... judges , keeps in check any attempts at injustice in the conduct of individuals ; greater stability and security are given to property ; the minds of men are at length brought into proper discipline by the regu- lar operation of just ...
... judges , keeps in check any attempts at injustice in the conduct of individuals ; greater stability and security are given to property ; the minds of men are at length brought into proper discipline by the regu- lar operation of just ...
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Halaman 352 - Equator, to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint River ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's River ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Halaman 64 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Halaman 290 - Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile, or else deep snow and ice...
Halaman 352 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Halaman 402 - ... all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, •or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Halaman 99 - Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds; As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim-seen, thro' rising mists, and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, low'rs. Still, thro...
Halaman 405 - And the three commissioners so appointed, shall be sworn, impartially to examine and decide the said question, according to such evidence as shall respectively be laid before them on the part of the British government and of the United States.
Halaman 352 - Mississippi ; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude : south by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of...
Halaman 405 - Declaration of the commissioners under the fifth article of the treaty of 1794 between the United States and Great Britain, respecting the true river St. Croix, by Thomas Barclay, David Howell, and Egbert Benson, commissioners appointed in pursuance of the fifth article of the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America finally to decide the question "What river was truly intended under the name of the river St.
Halaman 401 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...