Short History of the Dominion of Canada, from 1500 to 1878: With the Contemporaneous History of England and the United States, Together with a Brief Account of the Turko-Russian War of 1877, and the Previous and Subsequent Complications Between England and RussiaLee and Shepherd, 1878 - 666 pages |
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... North America . If the idea is not an error , it may be regarded as a most singular problem , that a people with such a distinctive nationality and language , who at one time extended their possessions from one to the other of the two ...
... North America . If the idea is not an error , it may be regarded as a most singular problem , that a people with such a distinctive nationality and language , who at one time extended their possessions from one to the other of the two ...
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... North America into one . To write such a history was surely a herculean labor , and to have done it successfully deserves no slight praise . And that Mr. Tuttle has succeeded wonderfully no one who examines this volume can hesitate to ...
... North America into one . To write such a history was surely a herculean labor , and to have done it successfully deserves no slight praise . And that Mr. Tuttle has succeeded wonderfully no one who examines this volume can hesitate to ...
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... north - west and settled in what is now the central part of Norway . They were , in early times , an exceedingly bold and independent people . The rulers of England are de- scendants of the Norsemen . At an early date they became re ...
... north - west and settled in what is now the central part of Norway . They were , in early times , an exceedingly bold and independent people . The rulers of England are de- scendants of the Norsemen . At an early date they became re ...
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... North , he was able to command the means necessary to a successful expedi- tion . In the fall of 1006 he emigrated from Norway to Greenland , with two ships , where , at Eriksfjord , he met Lief Erikson , who offered the Norse navigator ...
... North , he was able to command the means necessary to a successful expedi- tion . In the fall of 1006 he emigrated from Norway to Greenland , with two ships , where , at Eriksfjord , he met Lief Erikson , who offered the Norse navigator ...
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... North of Europe , " and , at the end of this book , he added a geographical sketch of the country of the Norsemen . In his treatise he speaks of Vinland at considerable length , closing with the remark , " This we know , not by fabulous ...
... North of Europe , " and , at the end of this book , he added a geographical sketch of the country of the Norsemen . In his treatise he speaks of Vinland at considerable length , closing with the remark , " This we know , not by fabulous ...
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Page 545 - And the United States hereby renounce forever any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof to take, dry, or cure fish on or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 545 - Parties, that the Inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the Liberty to take Fish of every kind...
Page 545 - Belleisle and thence Northwardly indefinitely along the Coast, without prejudice however, to any of the exclusive Rights of the Hudson Bay Company...
Page 435 - I'll not forget you, darling, In the land I'm goin' to ; They say there's bread and work for all, And the sun shines always there — But I'll not forget Old Ireland, Were it fifty times as fair...
Page 148 - Britain; and that in all matters of controversy relative to property and civil rights, resort shall be had to the laws of Canada as the rule for the decision of the same...
Page 222 - NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Page 548 - Commissioner omitting or ceasing to act, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner hereinbefore provided for making the original appointment, the period of three months in case of such substitution being calculated from the date of the happening of the vacancy. ^| The Commissioners so named, shall meet...
Page 545 - Whereas differences have arisen respecting the Liberty claimed by the United States for the Inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, and cure Fish on certain Coasts, Bays, Harbours, and Creeks of His Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America...
Page 546 - American fishermen shall be admitted to 'enter such bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever. But they shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying or curing fish therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the privileges hereby reserved to them.
Page 548 - Each of the high contracting parties shall also name one person to attend the tribunal as its Agent to represent it generally in all matters connected with the arbitration.