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The Society., 1906

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Página 8 - That War be, and the same is hereby declared to exist between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dependencies thereof, and the United States of America and their territories...
Página 2 - May next, being the Day appointed by Proclamation for a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God...
Página 8 - The Society then proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, with the following result : — President, Dr.
Página 33 - There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard for ancestry, which nourishes only a weak pride ; as there is also a care for posterity, which only disguises an habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and grovelling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates the character and improves the heart.
Página 41 - Bay were so large and dense that the sum would be obscured as though darkened by a cloud. There were no natural marks about the Bay of so distinctive character as to suggest a name. In addition to the foregoing, a very old man of the County wrote in a local paper some years ago, that he was taught some sixty years before that "Missisquoi" was an Indian name meaning
Página 92 - I have ordered enquiry to be made into the application of the sum voted in support of the American sufferers, and I trust you will agree with me that a due and generous attention ought to be shown to those who have relinquished their properties or professions from motives of loyalty to me and attachment to the mother country.
Página 8 - At ten o'clock the entertainment, which was most enjoyable throughout, was brought to a close by the singing of the National Anthem.
Página 18 - Wherever your life ends, it is all there. The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time ; a man may have lived long, and yet lived but a little.
Página 41 - But the spelling of to day is not that of the old time. Three quarters of a century ago, and before, and even for some time after, it was spelled " Missiskoui. " Papers in the Dominion Archives show that in 1785 it was spelled

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