Hochelaga: Or, England in the New World, Том 1Colburn and Company, 1851 |
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... hills and pleasant valleys , exube- rant with luxurious plenty , withered into de- serts ; the land where the wise men dwelt , and mighty captains governed , ruled over by craven , sensual slaves ; the birthplace of an Eternal Hope ...
... hills and pleasant valleys , exube- rant with luxurious plenty , withered into de- serts ; the land where the wise men dwelt , and mighty captains governed , ruled over by craven , sensual slaves ; the birthplace of an Eternal Hope ...
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... hills . The defences are respectable , but not formidable , works : -one of them faces you as you approach , with watchful cannon pointing up the harbour . There is no bar or shoal , but some dangerous rocks embarrass the entrance ...
... hills . The defences are respectable , but not formidable , works : -one of them faces you as you approach , with watchful cannon pointing up the harbour . There is no bar or shoal , but some dangerous rocks embarrass the entrance ...
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... hill , in a sort of shambling , shuffling pace , at a rate which nearly took the breath out of my body . As soon as I could speak , I begged to assure his owner that I had not the least doubt of his powers , and implored of him to pull ...
... hill , in a sort of shambling , shuffling pace , at a rate which nearly took the breath out of my body . As soon as I could speak , I begged to assure his owner that I had not the least doubt of his powers , and implored of him to pull ...
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... , picturesque sheet of water , with some pretty , lonely - looking islands ; but its shores are shapeless hills , and its forests stunted brushwood . From the top of the last eminence before des- cending 26 HOCHELAGA ; OR ,
... , picturesque sheet of water , with some pretty , lonely - looking islands ; but its shores are shapeless hills , and its forests stunted brushwood . From the top of the last eminence before des- cending 26 HOCHELAGA ; OR ,
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... hill , with the union jack floating over the fog on the top , pro- tects the entrance of the harbour . And far away , filling up the background of the picture , with its hard , dark line against the summer's sky , lies calm , deep , and ...
... hill , with the union jack floating over the fog on the top , pro- tects the entrance of the harbour . And far away , filling up the background of the picture , with its hard , dark line against the summer's sky , lies calm , deep , and ...
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