The Quarterly Review, Volume 109William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1861 - English literature |
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... question whatever . We cannot help re- marking that it would be well if the Imperial Parliament could in like manner be relieved of an immense amount of business which is neither consistent with its dignity nor reconcileable with the ...
... question whatever . We cannot help re- marking that it would be well if the Imperial Parliament could in like manner be relieved of an immense amount of business which is neither consistent with its dignity nor reconcileable with the ...
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... question was referred by the Cana- dian Legislature , doubtless looked to the future , and anticipated the day when Canada would be proud of her capital and the noble and picturesque as well as accessible and convenient site which it ...
... question was referred by the Cana- dian Legislature , doubtless looked to the future , and anticipated the day when Canada would be proud of her capital and the noble and picturesque as well as accessible and convenient site which it ...
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... question whether the clearance of the country may not be carried too far , and entail at some distant day 6 Kohl's ' Reisen in Canada , ' p . 194 . † ' Cosmos , vol . ii . p . 90 . Murray's British America . ' C 2 considerable ...
... question whether the clearance of the country may not be carried too far , and entail at some distant day 6 Kohl's ' Reisen in Canada , ' p . 194 . † ' Cosmos , vol . ii . p . 90 . Murray's British America . ' C 2 considerable ...
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... question indeed has already been mooted in reference to the rights of a great and ancient corporation , which possesses , by virtue of its charter , an enormous territory contiguous to Canada . The Hudson's Bay Company and the Canadian ...
... question indeed has already been mooted in reference to the rights of a great and ancient corporation , which possesses , by virtue of its charter , an enormous territory contiguous to Canada . The Hudson's Bay Company and the Canadian ...
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... Question 1457. Apart from the question of equivalents the conduct of the Hudson's Bay Company and their officers towards the Indians is marked by great humanity and consideration , each station being in fact an Indian hospital . bearing ...
... Question 1457. Apart from the question of equivalents the conduct of the Hudson's Bay Company and their officers towards the Indians is marked by great humanity and consideration , each station being in fact an Indian hospital . bearing ...
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