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Rambles in Yucatan; by B. M. NORMAN. London, 1843. Wiley and Putnain. Incidents of travel in Yucatan; by John L. STEPHENS. London, 1843. Murray. 2 vol. in-8. Life in Mexico during a résidence of two years in that country, by madame CALDEOUX DE LA BAUCA. London, 1843 Chapman et Hall.
It is still therefore in His Majesty's power to instruct his Governors to leave that tract of ground on the frontiers unconceded, at least for some years, when a better judgment may be made than at present of the turn which affairs may take, on this continent.»
«There is another consideration; the Canadians will increase much in population, and in a few years, more lands will be wanted for them, and it seems good policy that the frontiers should be settled by people professing different religions, speaking a different language, and accustomed to other laws and government from those of our restless and enterprizing neighbours of New-England.
Edinburgh, Printed by Peter Brown, 1846. Burns in Dumfriesshire, a Sketch of the last eight Years of the Poet's Life, by WILLIAM MAC DOWALL. Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1870. Gilbert G. Walmsley, 1874. Nous avons l'exemplaire offert
That the Mohawks living at a distance from the sea, have little intercourse with these parts, but in the war the English had with the Pequods, 14 or 16 years before, the Mohawks shewed a real respect and had offered no hostilities since.
His five years of slavery afforded him materials for "Don Quixote" and other works; cf. note to 10 13. 39 20 sous le bâton de: 'under the cudgel used upon. 39 26 devait: cf. note to 18 2. 40 1 Saavedra: upon his return from Algiers in 1580 Cervantes assumed the additional surname of Saavedra from one of his ancestors, always signing himself thenceforth Cervantes Saavedra.
Des proverbes, dans lesquels se glissent parfois des traits de malice, constatent que le métier est bon: Three dear years will raise a baker's daughter to a portion. Trois années de cherté font une dot
La préface est intéressante et dans la liste des articles on trouve presque tous les grands noms d'Edinburgh. Nous n'avons entre les mains que les premiers volumes. The Mirror a periodical paper, published at Edinburgh, in the years 1779 and 1780, 3 vols. Edinburgh, Creech. 1781. The Lounger. In the British Essayists, of Alex. Chalmers. London, Johnson, etc., etc 1808.
Mme. de La Fayette was some twenty-two years old, long past the usual marriageable age of French maidens, when, in 1655, she was married to the Count de La Fayette. Little is known of her married life. Boissier in his Vie de Mme. de Sévigné says: "When the correspondence of Mme. de Sévigné with her daughter begins , Mme. de La Fayette has been long a widow." But of this early widowhood there is no positive evidence, the weight of testimony being rather to the contrary. Those who are curious in this matter are referred to d'Haussonville's Vie de Mme. de La Fayette, where the whole controversy is summed up in the following words: "Une chose est certaine: c'est qu'il faut renoncer désormais
Sidney SMITH. Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy, delivered at the Royal Institution in the years 1804, 1805 and 1806, by the late Rev. Sidney Smith. New-York, Harper and Brothers, 1850. London, George Routledge and Sons, n. d. London, Macmillan and Co, 1873. P. STAPFER. Molière et Shakspeare, par Paul Stapfer. Paris, Hachette. 1881.
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