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... observations they contain , and that mistakes , generally trivial I hope , and always unintentional , may be dis- covered in them by natives of North America . In recording my remarks and impressions , while I am sensible that I have ...
... observations they contain , and that mistakes , generally trivial I hope , and always unintentional , may be dis- covered in them by natives of North America . In recording my remarks and impressions , while I am sensible that I have ...
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... observations which he will not have met with in other books of travels . And though I may appear to incur the risk of injuring their popularity with the general public by introducing agricultural remarks , yet , in the present condition ...
... observations which he will not have met with in other books of travels . And though I may appear to incur the risk of injuring their popularity with the general public by introducing agricultural remarks , yet , in the present condition ...
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... observations do not wholly coincide with those of my American readers , they will at least acquit me of picking out deficiencies even in their agriculture , for the mere sake of finding fault , or of exposing them in a cen- sorious ...
... observations do not wholly coincide with those of my American readers , they will at least acquit me of picking out deficiencies even in their agriculture , for the mere sake of finding fault , or of exposing them in a cen- sorious ...
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... observation ; but , from all I have learned , I am inclined to attribute much of the comparative deficiency of produce in the province to a want either of skill or of persevering industry on the part of the cultivators . On the morning ...
... observation ; but , from all I have learned , I am inclined to attribute much of the comparative deficiency of produce in the province to a want either of skill or of persevering industry on the part of the cultivators . On the morning ...
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... observe how the absence of human labour for a few years gave again uncontrolled supremacy to the natural vegetation ... observation to - day , in the burnt forest we occasionally passed on either side of the road , and in the blazing ...
... observe how the absence of human labour for a few years gave again uncontrolled supremacy to the natural vegetation ... observation to - day , in the burnt forest we occasionally passed on either side of the road , and in the blazing ...
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acres agricultural already appears Atlantic average banks Bay of Fundy beautiful beds British Brunswick buckwheat Buffalo bushels Canada West cent chiefly clay cleared colony considerable crops cultivated culture descended distance district emigrants England English Erie Canal Europe export Falls farm farmers feet fertile flat flour forest French Canadian grain hitherto horses important improvement increase Indian corn interest intervale Island Kamouraska Kingston labour Lake Erie Lake Ontario land less limestone Lower Canada manure miles Montreal mountains mouth natural neighbourhood Niagara North America Nova Scotia oats population potatoes produce profitable province quantity Quebec region rent Restigouche rich ridges Rimouski river road Rochester rocks rocky Roman Catholic rural salt sandstone seed seen settled settlers shales shores soil St John St Lawrence surface tion town trees turnips upland Upper Canada valley western New York wheat whole winter
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Página 419 - Every step in Scotland Is historical; the shades of the dead arise on every side; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner fit her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in that land of chivalry and song."— Mtackwwid'e Mayasiite.
Página 196 - Having provided himself with a home, he commenced translating the record, by the gift and power of God, through the means of the Urim and Thummim ; and being a poor writer, he was under the necessity of employing a scribe to write the translation as it came from his mouth.
Página 195 - a curious instrument, called by the ancients the Urim and Thummim, which consisted of two transparent stones, clear as crystal, set in the two rims of a bow.
Página 421 - An extraordinary work, which has earned for itself a lasting place in the literature of the country, and within a few years found innumerable readers in every part of the globe. There is no book extant that treats so well of the period to the illustration of which Mr Alison's labours have been devoted. It exhibits great knowledge, patient research, indefatigable industry, and vast power.
Página 419 - Miss Strickland has not only been fortunate in the selection of her subject, but she has sustained to the full the high reputation for research which her previous writings have acquired. Her choice has indeed been evidently directed to that period when Scottish history assumes the highest interest, and connects itself most closely with the sympathies of the present day.