The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 181A. Constable, 1895 |
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Page 255
... and of eventually having Champlain arrived at Quebec ( Stadaconé ) on July 3 , 1608 , and laid the foundations of the picturesque town . the supremacy in North America ; but the genius of 1895 . 255 The Progress of Canada .
... and of eventually having Champlain arrived at Quebec ( Stadaconé ) on July 3 , 1608 , and laid the foundations of the picturesque town . the supremacy in North America ; but the genius of 1895 . 255 The Progress of Canada .
Page 256
... Canada . The conflict with France had done much to restrain the spirit of self - assertion among the English colonists , and to keep them dependent upon England ; but at the same time it had shown them their power , and taught them to ...
... Canada . The conflict with France had done much to restrain the spirit of self - assertion among the English colonists , and to keep them dependent upon England ; but at the same time it had shown them their power , and taught them to ...
Page 257
... Canada remained faithful to the king of England , and the history of those times records the death of the brave Montgomery and the defeat of his troops , who in- vaded Canada and besieged Quebec , under the delusion that the province ...
... Canada remained faithful to the king of England , and the history of those times records the death of the brave Montgomery and the defeat of his troops , who in- vaded Canada and besieged Quebec , under the delusion that the province ...
Page 258
... Canada per- formed her part with credit , in a measure prevented any outbreak of political conflict , since all classes of people recognised the necessity of uniting at such a crisis to ... Canada - 258 April , The Progress of Canada .
... Canada per- formed her part with credit , in a measure prevented any outbreak of political conflict , since all classes of people recognised the necessity of uniting at such a crisis to ... Canada - 258 April , The Progress of Canada .
Page 259
... Canada ever recog- nised the fact , as did their contemporaries in Upper Canada , that the difficulty would be best solved , not by electing an Upper House , but by obtaining an executive which would only hold office while supported by ...
... Canada ever recog- nised the fact , as did their contemporaries in Upper Canada , that the difficulty would be best solved , not by electing an Upper House , but by obtaining an executive which would only hold office while supported by ...
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Page 491 - Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea : I am become a name ; For always roaming with a hungry heart Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but...
Page 491 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 491 - In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods, When I am gone. He works his work, I mine. There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail: There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners...
Page 490 - THERE is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass; Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes; Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies. Here are cool mosses deep, And thro...
Page 491 - I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. How 'dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use! As tho
Page 527 - Maenad, even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's height, The locks of the approaching storm. Thou dirge Of the dying year, to which this closing night Will be the dome of a vast...
Page 506 - And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark strait of barren land. On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full.
Page 259 - I expected to find a contest between a government and a people: I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state: I found a struggle, not of principles, but of races; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions until we could first succeed in terminating the deadly animosity that now separates the inhabitants of Lower Canada into the hostile divisions of French and English.
Page 490 - All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful Past. Let us alone. What pleasure can we have To war with evil? Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave? All things have rest, and ripen toward the grave In silence; ripen, fall and cease: Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease.