 War,' — that is, the war that ended in the conquest of Canada; for here, as it seemed to me, the forest drama was more stirring, and the forest stage more thronged with appropriate actors, than in any other passage of our history.  ESSAYS IN HISTORICAL CRITICISM - Page 271by EDWARD GAYLORD ROURNE - 1913Full view - About this book
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1894 - 522 pages
...year my various schemes had crystallized into a plan of writing the story of what was then known as the ' Old French War,' — that is, the war that ended...actors than in any other passage of our history." — This was about 1842. — "It was not till some years later," he goes on, " that I enlarged the... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1894 - 508 pages
...year my various schemes had crystallized into a plan of writing the story of what was then known as the ' Old French War,' — that is, the war that ended...actors than in any other passage of our history." — This was about 1842. — "It was not till some years later," he goes on, " that I enlarged the... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1894 - 508 pages
...year my various schemes had crystallized into a plan of writing the story of what was then known as the ' Old French War,' — that is, the war that ended...was more stirring and the forest stage more thronged H ith appropriate actors than in any other passage of our history." — This was about 1842. — "It... | |
 | Humanities - 1894 - 542 pages
...year my various schemes had crystallized into a plan of writing the story of what was then known as the ' Old French War,' — that is, the war that ended...actors than in any other passage of our history." — This was about 1842. — " It was not till some years later," he goes on, " that I enlarged the... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1894 - 658 pages
...year my various schemes had crystallized into a plan of writing the story of what was then known as the ' Old French War,' — that is, the war that ended...to me, the forest drama was more stirring and the foreet stage more thronged with appropriate actors than twenty years. The time allowed was ample ;... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1894 - 638 pages
...year my various schemes had crystallized into a plan of writing the story of what was then known as the ' Old French War,' — that is, the war that ended...— for here, as it seemed to me, the forest drama wa» more stirring and the forest stage more thronged with appropriate actors than twenty years. The... | |
 | Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1894 - 58 pages
...his plans had already crystallized into » a scheme of writing the story of what was then known as the " Old French War," that is, the war that ended in the conquest of Canada. The plan was afterwards enlarged so as to take in the whole course of the contest in America between... | |
 | John Fiske - Biography & Autobiography - 1899 - 504 pages
...year my various schemes had crystallized into a plan of writing the story of what was then known as the ' Old French War,' — that is, the war that ended...than in any other passage of our history. It was not until some years later that I enlarged the plan to include the whole course of the American conflict... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1899 - 312 pages
...year my various schemes had crystallized into a plan of writing the story of what Avas then know.n as the ' Old French War,' — that is, the war that ended...than in any other passage of our history. It was not until some years later that I enlarged the plan to include the whole course of the American conflict... | |
 | John Fiske - Arbitration (International law) - 1900 - 504 pages
...year my various schemes had crystallized into a plan of writing the story of what was then known as the ' Old French War,' — that is, the war that ended...than in any other passage of our history. It was not until some years later that I enlarged the plan to include the whole course of the American conflict... | |
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