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" Men steeped in antique learning, pale with the close breath of the cloister, here spent the noon and evening of their lives, ruled savage hordes with a mild, parental sway, and stood serene before the direst shapes of death. Men of courtly nurture, heirs... "
France and England in North America: Pioneers of France in the New world. 1865 - Page xi
by Francis Parkman - 1880
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Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - Canada - 1864 - 622 pages
...with a mild paternal sway, and stood serene before the direst shapes of death. Men of courtly nature, heirs to the polish of a far-reaching ancestry, here...hardihood put to shame the boldest sons of toil." Here is the portrait and there stands the bust of the Pilot of St. Malo — the skilful and intrepid...
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Canadian History and Biography, and Passages in the Lives of a British ...

William James Anderson, Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, Middleton & Dawson - Canada - 1867 - 102 pages
...with a mild paternal sway, and stood serene before the direst shapes of death. Men of courtly nature, heirs to the polish of a far-reaching ancestry, here...hardihood put to shame the boldest sons of toil." Here is the portrait and there stands the bust of the Pilot of St. Malo—the skilful and intrepid...
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The Tourists Note-book for Quebec, Cacouna, Saguenay River and the Lower St ...

Sir James MacPherson Le Moine - Québec (Province) - 1870 - 40 pages
...savage hordes with a mild, parental sway, and stood serene before the direst shapes of death. Men of a courtly nurture, heirs to the polish of a far-reaching...hardihood, put to shame the boldest sons of toil." Of all this mighty empire of the past, Quebec was the undisputed capital, the fortress, the key-stone....
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Pioneers of France in the New World

Francis Parkman - Canada - 1871 - 470 pages
...barbarism. Men steeped in antique learning, pale with the close breath of the cloister, here spent the noou and evening of their lives, ruled savage hordes with...in the book of human life can be rightly read only liy lights numerous and widely scattered. The earlier period of New France was very prolific in a class...
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The Maritime provinces: a handbook for travellers [ed. by M.F. Sweetser].

Maritime provinces - 1875 - 412 pages
...the 1. the relics of St Modestus.'1 serene before the direst shapes of death. Men of courtly natures, heirs to the polish of a far-reaching ancestry, here...hardihood put to shame the boldest sons of toil.'' The * Laval University is between the Seminary gardens and the ramparts, and may be reached from St....
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The Maritime Provinces: A Handbook for Travellers. A Guide to the Chief ...

Moses Foster Sweetser - Maritime Provinces - 1875 - 366 pages
...with a mild paternal sway, and EtooU serene before the direst shapes of death. Men of courtly natures, heirs to the polish of a far-reaching ancestry, here...hardihood put to shame the boldest sons of toil." The * Laval University is between the Seminary gardens and the ramparts, and may be reached from St....
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the maritime provinces: a handbook for travellers

james r. osgood and company - 1875 - 382 pages
...with a mild paternal sway, and stood serene before the direst shapes of death. Men of courtly natures, heirs to the polish of a far-reaching ancestry, here...hardihood put to shame the boldest sons of toil." The * Laval University is between the Seminary gardens and the ramparts, and may be reached from St....
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The Maritime Provinces: A Handbook for Travellers : a Guide to the Chief ...

Maritime Provinces - 1883 - 420 pages
...with a mild paternal sway, and stood кrene hefore the direst shapes of death. Men of courtly natures, heirs to the polish of a far-reaching ancestry, here with their dauntless hardihood put to shame the holdest sons of toil. " The t Laval University is hetween the Seminary gardens and the ramparts, and...
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Pioneers of France in the New World

Francis Parkman - Canada - 1885 - 518 pages
...close fellowship on the same stern errand. A boundless vision grows upon us ; an untamed continent ; vast wastes of forest verdure ; mountains silent in...shame the boldest sons of toil. This memorable but half-forgotten chapter in the book of human life can be rightly read only by lights numerous and widely...
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The Maritime Provinces: A Handbook for Travellers. A Guide to the Chief ...

Moses Foster Sweetser - Maritime Provinces - 1885 - 384 pages
...cloister, here spent the noon and eerene hefore the direst shapes of death. Men of courtly natures, heirs to the polish of a far-reaching ancestry, here with their dauntless hardihood put to shame the holdest sons of toil." The * Laval University is hetween the Seminary gardens and the ramparts, and...
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