Montcalm and Wolfe, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1894 - Canada |
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Page 331 - Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Page 167 - Transports ! cried he, I tell you they marched by land. — By land to the island of Cape Breton ! — What, is Cape Breton an island? — Certainly. — Ha! are you sure of that? — When I pointed it out on the map, he examined it earnestly with his spectacles ; then, taking me in his arms, — My dear C., cried he, you always bring us good news. Egad ! I '11 go directly and tell the King that Cape Breton is an island.
Page 176 - To die is landing on some silent shore,' etc. When Braddock was told of it, he only said : ' Poor Fanny ! I always thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck herself up.
Page 214 - Grenadiers' caps, British canteens, bayonets, etc., with them. They brought the news that Braddock was defeated. After that another Company came in, which appeared to be about one hundred, and chiefly Indians, and it seemed to me that almost every one of this Company was carrying scalps; after this came another Company with a number of wagon horses, and also a great many scalps.
Page 218 - Peyrouny, and all his officers down to a corporal, were killed. Captain Poison had nearly as hard a fate, for only one of his was left.
Page 250 - Nothing," pursues the record of the Council, " now remained to be considered but what measures should be taken to send the inhabitants away, and where they should be sent to." If they were sent to Canada, Cape Breton, or the neighboring islands, they would strengthen the enemy, and still threaten the province. It was therefore resolved to distribute them among the various English colonies, and to hire vessels for the purpose with all despatch.1...
Page 259 - GENTLEMEN : I have received from his Excellency, Governor Lawrence, the King's commission, which I have in my hand; and by his orders you are convened together, to manifest to you his Majesty's final resolution to the French inhabitants of this his province of Nova Scotia; who, for almost half a century, have had more indulgence granted them than any of his subjects in any part of his dominions; what use you have made of it you yourselves best know.
Page 132 - Virginia, are so notoriously known to be the property of the Crown of Great Britain, that it is a matter of equal concern and surprise to me to hear that a body of French forces are erecting fortresses and making settlements upon that river, within his Majesty's dominions.
Page 55 - Brothers, the Ottawas, you hear what I say : tell that to your fathers, the French; for that is our mind, and we speak it from our hearts.
Page 294 - I asked. < Yes,' he replied ; * it is more than ten years since I left Canada ; ' whereupon several others fell on me and stripped me. I told them to carry me to their general, which they did. On learning who I was, he sent for surgeons, and, though wounded himself, refused all assistance till my wounds were dressed.