 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1871 - 470 pages
...subject to which the earlier narratives of the proposed series will be devoted is that of " France in J the New World," — the attempt of Feudalism, Monarchy,...strong in life, though enveloped and overborne by new-born Centralization; Monarchy in the flush of triumphant power ; Rome, nerved by disaster, springing... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne, George Henry Warner - Anthologies - 1898 - 720 pages
...completion in seventy volumes. Part First of the great work, dating from January ist, 1865, was a story of « France in the New World ; the attempt of Feudalism, Monarchy, and Rome to master a continent; a memorable but half-forgotten chapter in the book of human life.» It included an account of 'The... | |
 | J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish - 1899 - 630 pages
...with the year 1512, and ends at 1635. The narratives are devoted to France on this continent — " the attempt of Feudalism, Monarchy and Rome to master a continent where, at this hour (1865) half a million or bayonets are indicating the ascendency of a regulated freedom ; Feudalism... | |
 | Self-culture - 1900 - 654 pages
...the prolonged and well-nigh successful efforts of Catholic and monarchical France to found an empire in the new world, "the attempt of Feudalism, Monarchy, and Rome to master" the American continent. <( The growth of New England was a result of the aggregate efforts of a busy... | |
 | Edward Gaylord Bourne - Literary Criticism - 1901 - 328 pages
...Pioneers of France in the New World (1865) Parkman announces his plan of a series to be devoted to "the attempt of Feudalism, Monarchy, and Rome, to...master a continent, where at this hour, half a million bayonets are vindicating the ascendancy of a regulated freedom." After contrasting in a few paragraphs... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Frontier and pioneer life - 1901 - 448 pages
...Pioneers of France in the New World (1865) Parkman announces his plan of a series to be devoted to "the attempt of Feudalism, Monarchy, and Rome to master a continent, where, at this hour, half a million bayonets are vindicating the ascendency of a regulated freedom." After contrasting in a few paragraphs... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1913 - 514 pages
...mighty contests of national adolescence where carnage is reckoned by thousands. The subject to which the proposed series will be devoted is that of " France...vindicating the ascendency of a regulated freedom ; — Feu-( dalism still strong in life, though enveloped and overborne by new-born Centralization... | |
 | EDWARD GAYLORD ROURNE - 1913 - 346 pages
...Pioneers of France in the New World (1865) Parkman announces his plan of a series to be devoted to " the attempt of Feudalism, Monarchy, and Rome, to master a continent, where at this hour, half a million bayonets are vindicating the ascendancy of a regulated freedom." After contrasting in a few paragraphs... | |
 | 1918 - 424 pages
...prevalence of races, the triumph of principles, health or disease, a blessing or a 388 The subject to which the proposed series will be devoted is that of "France...strong in life, though enveloped and overborne by new-born Centralization ; Monarchy in the flush of triumphant power; Rome, nerved by disaster, springing... | |
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The subject to which the proposed series will be devoted is that of "France in the New World," — the attempt of Feudalism, Monarchy, and Rome to master a continent where, at this hour, half a million of bayonets are vindicating the ascendency of a regulated... 
