The Works of Francis Parkman: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV

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Little, Brown,, 1897

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Página 36 - I, the aforesaid William Phips, Knight, do hereby, in the name and in the behalf of their most excellent Majesties, William and Mary, King and Queen of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, and by order of their said Majesties...
Página 241 - Louis, killed in Germany, while in the service of the king, and leaving no issue.
Página 77 - You are a miserable coward,' said I, ' go out of this place.' I spoke so resolutely that he obeyed. I then threw off my bonnet; and, after putting on a hat and taking a gun, I said to my two brothers : ' Let us fight to the death. We are fighting for our country and our religion. Remember that our father has taught you that gentlemen are born to shed their blood for the service of God and the king.
Página 56 - Shillings, due from the Massachusetts Colony to the Possessor, shall be in value equal to Money, and shall be accordingly accepted by the Treasurer and Receivers subordinate to him in all Publick Payments, and for any Stock at any time in the Treasury Boston in New England, December the ID1.1
Página 80 - Marguerite, wife of the Sieur Fontaine, who being extremely timid, as all Parisian women are, asked her husband to carry her to another fort. . . He said,' I will never abandon this fort while Mademoiselle Madelon (Madeleine) is here.
Página 36 - The war between the crowns of England and France doth not only sufficiently warrant, but the destruction made by the French and Indians, under your command and encouragement, upon the persons and estates of their Majesties...
Página 206 - Onondagas, came yesterday to advise me that you had sent two renegades of their Nation to them, to tell them and the other tribes, except the Mohawks, that, in case they did not come to Canada within forty days to solicit peace from you, they may expect your marching into their country at the head of an army to constrain them thereunto by force. I, on my side, do this very day send my lieutenantgovernor with the King's troops to join the Indians, and to oppose any hostilities you will attempt; and,...
Página 193 - MILITARY INEFFICIENCY OF THE BRITISH COLONIES. — " His Majesty has subjects enough in those parts of America to drive out the French from Canada: but they are so crumbled into little governments, and so disunited, that they have hitherto afforded little assistance to each other, and now seem in a much worse disposition to do it for the future.
Página 34 - When, after his protracted voyage, Phips sailed into the Basin of Quebec, one of the grandest scenes on the western continent opened upon his sight : the wide expanse of waters, the lofty promontory beyond, and the opposing heights of Levi ; the cataract of Montmorenci, the distant range of the Laurentian Mountains, the warlike rock with its diadem of walls and towers, the roofs of the Lower Town clustering on the strand beneath, the Chateau St. Louis perched at the brink of the cliff, and over it...

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