Dundas: Or, A Sketch of Canadian History, and More Particularly of the County of Dundas, One of the Earliest Settled Counties in Upper Canada |
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Page 216 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a" that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A Man's a Man for a
Page 308 - Repent ye therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord...
Page 132 - And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Page 321 - I should be to give him a cordial welcome to Washington. You may be well assured that everywhere in this country he will be greeted by the American people in such a manner as cannot fail to prove gratifying to your Majesty. In this they will manifest their deep sense of your domestic virtues, as well as their conviction of your merits as a wise, patriotic, and Constitutional Sovereign.
Page 218 - Luneburg, bounded on the east by the eastern limit of a tract lately called or known by the name of Lancaster, protracted northerly and southerly as far as our said province extends, and bounded westerly by a north and south line, intersecting the mouth of the river Gananoque, now called the Thames...
Page 343 - My duties as representative of the Queen, deputed by her to visit British North America, cease this day ; but in a private capacity I am about to visit, before my return home, that remarkable land which claims with us a common ancestry, and in whose extraordinary progress every Englishman feels a common interest.
Page 292 - To the end of each double spoke is fixed a square board, which enters the water, and, by the rotary motion of the wheel, acts like a paddle. The wheels are put and kept in motion by steam, operating within the vessel. A mast is to be fixed in her, for the purpose of using a sail when the wind is favourable, which will occasionally accelerate her headway.
Page 90 - I must, however, be pardoned for trespassing on your time a few remarks in relation to the affair. The objects of the British and American commanders were precisely opposed — the last being bound by the instructions of his government, and the most solemn obligations of duty, to precipitate his descent of the St. Lawrence by every practicable means...
Page 90 - ... of the American soldier, as no example can be produced of undisciplined men, with inexperienced officers, braving a fire of two hours and. a half, without quitting the field or yielding to their antagonists. But, sir, the information I now give you...
Page 89 - Instant, are to be disbanded and return to their homes in the following Order. — His Excellency the Governor in Chief and Commander of the Forces in dispensing for the present with the further Services of the Militia, feels the greatest satisfaction in acknowledging the cheerful alacrity with which they have repaired to their respective Posts, and the loyalty and zeal they have manifested at the prospect of encountering the Enemy — Although he has been checked in his career by the bravery and...