British Colonies in North America: CanadaSociety for promoting Christian knowledge, 1847 - 252 стор. |
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... America have risen , great as it already is , can be considered but a par- tial fulfilment of the sanguine anticipations of those through whose labours they were : first established on her shores , or who fos- tered their infancy . It ...
... America have risen , great as it already is , can be considered but a par- tial fulfilment of the sanguine anticipations of those through whose labours they were : first established on her shores , or who fos- tered their infancy . It ...
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... the present generation : still it may be asserted , without fear of contradic- tion , that the history of the world offers no * Vide Appendix B. similar example of colonies , in but little more than IN NORTH AMERICA . 3.
... the present generation : still it may be asserted , without fear of contradic- tion , that the history of the world offers no * Vide Appendix B. similar example of colonies , in but little more than IN NORTH AMERICA . 3.
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... America ; and it is not too much to say , that they present capabilities sufficient to enable them at no distant period to reach a position as high as that occupied by their elder sister , if they are permitted to derive from the ever ...
... America ; and it is not too much to say , that they present capabilities sufficient to enable them at no distant period to reach a position as high as that occupied by their elder sister , if they are permitted to derive from the ever ...
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... America extend from the Arctic Sea on the north , to the line of the great lakes on the south , and across the continent , from the Atlantic to the Pacific ; their most southern limit reaches 41 ° N. lat .; their northern is lost in the ...
... America extend from the Arctic Sea on the north , to the line of the great lakes on the south , and across the continent , from the Atlantic to the Pacific ; their most southern limit reaches 41 ° N. lat .; their northern is lost in the ...
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... stone range , The character of the scenery about these rivers is very similar to that about the Mackenzie . - See Journal of Royal Geographical Society , 1846 , By this test the limits of New Caledonia would be IN NORTH AMERICA . 11.
... stone range , The character of the scenery about these rivers is very similar to that about the Mackenzie . - See Journal of Royal Geographical Society , 1846 , By this test the limits of New Caledonia would be IN NORTH AMERICA . 11.
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abundance afford American Arctic Arctic Ocean banks boundary breadth British Canada West Canadian canal Chambly Champlain channel character Chaudiere Church Clergy Reserves coast colonists colony commerce connexion containing course depth district divided eastern emigrants England extended extremity falls feet fertility flows formed France French Gaspé Georgian Bay Governor Gulf harbour head waters height Hudson's Bay importance Indians inhabitants Island Isle Kingston labours Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Ontario Lake Simcoe Lake St Lake Superior land latitude latter Lawrence Lower Canada Major-Gen ment miles long Montreal Mountains mouth natural navigation Niagara North America northern shore Ottawa picturesque population present province Quebec rapid remarkable Richelieu Rideau Rideau Canal rise river St Roman Catholic Sackett's harbour Saguenay settlements shores of Lake situated southern Strait streams sufficient surface Tadousac thence Three Rivers tion Toronto town tract trade Trent tributaries United Upper Canada vessels Welland western whole
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