The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 10Yale University Press, 1918 |
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... enemy of his country . Perched high above the St. Lawrence , on a noble site where now is a public terrace and a great hotel , stood the Château St. Louis , the scene of Frontenac's rule as head of the colony . No other spot in the ...
... enemy of his country . Perched high above the St. Lawrence , on a noble site where now is a public terrace and a great hotel , stood the Château St. Louis , the scene of Frontenac's rule as head of the colony . No other spot in the ...
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... enemy's ships , he had hurried down the river and had been re- ceived with shouts of joy by the anxious populace . The situation was one well suited to Frontenac's genius for the dramatic . When a boat under a 18 THE CONQUEST OF NEW FRANCE.
... enemy's ships , he had hurried down the river and had been re- ceived with shouts of joy by the anxious populace . The situation was one well suited to Frontenac's genius for the dramatic . When a boat under a 18 THE CONQUEST OF NEW FRANCE.
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... enemy , for many of the Indians fled , but he burned their chief village and taught them a new respect for the power of the French . It was the last great effort of the old warrior . In the next year , 1697 , was concluded the Peace of ...
... enemy , for many of the Indians fled , but he burned their chief village and taught them a new respect for the power of the French . It was the last great effort of the old warrior . In the next year , 1697 , was concluded the Peace of ...
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... enemy . Always the Eng- lish have disliked a great standing army . Now , despite the entreaties of a king who knew the real danger , they reduced the army to the pitiable number of seven thousand men . Louis XIV grew ever more confident ...
... enemy . Always the Eng- lish have disliked a great standing army . Now , despite the entreaties of a king who knew the real danger , they reduced the army to the pitiable number of seven thousand men . Louis XIV grew ever more confident ...
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... , the long war , now near its end , brought a destructive blow to French power in America . Though France still possessed vigor and resources which her enemies were apt to underrate , the war had gone FRANCE LOSES ACADIA 63.
... , the long war , now near its end , brought a destructive blow to French power in America . Though France still possessed vigor and resources which her enemies were apt to underrate , the war had gone FRANCE LOSES ACADIA 63.
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