I expected to find a contest between a government and a people: I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state: I found a struggle, not of principles, but of races; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws... The Edinburgh Review– Or Critical Journal - 259 psl.1895Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| John George Lambton Earl of Durham, Charles Buller, Edward Gibbon Wakefield - 1839 - 164 psl.
...success could be expected in any attempt to remedy the many evils of this unhappy province. I expected to find a contest between a government and a people...found a struggle, not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions until we... | |
| 1839 - 622 psl.
...in any attempt to remedy the many grievances of this unhappy Province. 1 expected" says Lord Durham, "to find a contest between a government and a people....found a struggle, not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions, until... | |
| 1839 - 630 psl.
...in any attempt to remedy the many grievances of this unhappy Province. I expected" says Lord Durham, "to find a contest between a government and a people....found a struggle, not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions, until... | |
| John George Lambton Earl of Durham - 1839 - 452 psl.
...success could be expected in any attempt to remedy the many evils of this unhappy Province. I expected to find a contest between a government and a people...found a struggle, not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions, until... | |
| Frederick Marryat - 1839 - 378 psl.
...principles between the English and French, but a conflict of the two races. He says :— " I expected to find a contest between a government and a people:...found a struggle, not of principles, but of races; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions until we... | |
| 1895 - 844 psl.
...to the continuance and security of their religious institutions. Lord Durham in his memorable report on the condition of Canada, has summed up very expressively...that overhung Canada in those times, there was one gleant of sunshine for England. Although discontent and dissatisfaction generally prevailed among the... | |
| 1844 - 500 psl.
...of the two races may be seen from the following passages in Lord Durham's Report : — " I expected to find a contest between a government and a people...found a struggle, not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions, until... | |
| Joseph Edmund Collins - 1883 - 656 psl.
...ignorant of the " true inwardness " of the strife in that distracted colony. He says : — " I expected to find a contest between a government and a people...I found a struggle not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions until we... | |
| Sir John Robert Seeley - 1883 - 340 psl.
...liberty, as Lord Durham expressly remarks in the opening of his famous Report on Canada : ' I expected to find a contest between a government and a people...found a struggle not of principles but of races.' It is however to be remarked on the other side that here too the alien element dwindles and is likely... | |
| Joseph Edmund Collins - 1883 - 656 psl.
...ignorant of the " true inwardness " of the strife in that distracted colony. He says : — '• I expected to find a contest between a government and a people...bosom of a single state. I found a struggle not of principle.), but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws... | |
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