1812, the War and Its Moral: A Canadian Chronicle, Volume 29John Lovell, 1864 - 296 pages |
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1812, the War and Its Moral: A Canadian Chronicle, Volume 29 William Foster Coffin Affichage du livre entier - 1864 |
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abattis advance American Amherstburg arms army attack avait bank battle Beauharnois Bishopp boats brave British broadside Brock Burlington Heights Canadian Captain captured Chateauguay Chauncey Coffin Colonel command Commodore companies contest crew defence despatched detachment Detroit enemy England Erie fell fight fire Fitzgibbon flank force Fort George Fort Malden Fort Niagara fought French frigate front gallant garrison Glengarry Governor guns Hampton hommes honour Indians killed Kingston l'ennemi Lake Champlain Lake Ontario land Lawrence Lieut Lieutenant Longueuil Lower Canada miles military militia Montreal Moyne naval Newark Niagara frontier officer Ogdensburg party prisoners Proctor Province Quebec Queenston Heights rear regiment reinforcements retired retreat river rivière road Sackett's Harbour Salaberry savage scalp schooner Sheaffe ships shore side Simcoe Sir George Prevost Sir James Sir James Yeo soldier squadron supply surrender Tecumseh tion town troops United Upper Canada vessels Voltigeurs wounded York
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Page 20 - When the oldest cask is opened, And the largest lamp is lit; When the chestnuts glow in the embers, And the kid turns on the spit...
Page 92 - The foe! they come, they come!" And wild and high the " Cameron's gathering " rose ! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills' Have heard — and heard too have her Saxon foes : — How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which...
Page 157 - Gainst graver hours that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.
Page 19 - I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread.
Page 20 - ... lamp is lit ; When the chestnuts glow in the embers, And the kid turns on the spit ; When young and old in circle Around the firebrands close ; When the girls are weaving baskets, And the lads are shaping bows ; LXX.
Page 174 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view; The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody valleys, warm and low ; The windy summit, wild and high, Roughly rushing on the sky! The pleasant seat, the ruined tower, The naked rock, the shady bower ; The town and village, dome and farm, Each give each a double charm, As pearls upon an ^Ethiop's arm.
Page 186 - France, a great terror fell upon this kingdom. On a sudden we awakened from our dreams of conquest, and saw ourselves threatened with an immediate invasion, which we were at that time very ill prepared to resist.
Page 92 - Cameron's gathering' rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: — How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills...
Page 182 - Is it for myself, then, that I should oppress you? For what should I oppress you ? Is it from ambition? What can you give me ? Is it for power ? Alas! my good friends ! with a life ebbing not slowly to its period, under the pressure of disease acquired in the service of my country, I look only to pass, what it may please God to suffer to remain of it, in the comfort of retirement among my friends. I remain among you only in obedience to the commands of my king. What power can...
Page 82 - Give back the lost and lovely ! those for whom The place was kept at board and hearth so long ! The prayer went up through midnight's breathless gloom, And the vain yearning woke 'midst festal song ! Hold fast thy buried isles, thy towers o'erthrown — But all is not thine own.