Early Travellers in the Canadas, 1791-1867Gerald M. Craig Macmillan Company of Canada, 1955 - 300 páginas Extracts from the writings of thirty visitors of British North America, 1791-1867. |
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... inhabitants . The French retain , in a great measure , the manners and customs of their ancestors , as well as the language ; they have an unconquerable aversion to learn English , and it is very rare to meet with any person amongst ...
... inhabitants . The French retain , in a great measure , the manners and customs of their ancestors , as well as the language ; they have an unconquerable aversion to learn English , and it is very rare to meet with any person amongst ...
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... inhabitants of Upper Canada are natives of England , Ireland , and Scotland ; and all the children born of such , born in Canada , make the proportion a little more than two out of ten . There are about an equal number of those who took ...
... inhabitants of Upper Canada are natives of England , Ireland , and Scotland ; and all the children born of such , born in Canada , make the proportion a little more than two out of ten . There are about an equal number of those who took ...
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... inhabitants , but only sojourners . But I must say , whether I am believed or not , that the main body of the people of Canada are peaceable , just , and generous in all their intercourse with each other , and strangers also ; they are ...
... inhabitants , but only sojourners . But I must say , whether I am believed or not , that the main body of the people of Canada are peaceable , just , and generous in all their intercourse with each other , and strangers also ; they are ...
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A Travellers Impressions in 179293 | 3 |
The St Lawrence Valley in the 1790s | 14 |
French Canadian Character and Customs 180608 | 26 |
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