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... sewing society to make clothes for the poor, which holds meetings, passes resolutions, never comes to fisty cuffs or bowie knives as sane assemblies ... ...on at the word of God. CHAPTER XV —IN CANADA; TORONTO; KINGSTON; MONTREAL; QUEBEC; ST. JOHN’S. IN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN; LEBANON; THE SHAKER VILLAGE... ...eap from barren winter, to the blooming youth of summer. The steamboats to Quebec perform the journey in the night; that is to say, they leave Montrea... ...; that is to say, they leave Montreal at six in the evening, and arrive at Quebec at six next morning. We American Notes – Dickens 221 made this exc... ...migrants who have newly arrived from England or from Ireland, pass between Quebec and Montreal on their way to the backwoods and new settlements of Ca... ...urse, see and hear them unob served. The vessel in which we returned from Quebec to Montreal was crowded with them, and at night they spread their be...
...avy at once. Some of the letters were proceedings of ladies’ committees or resolutions of ladies’ meetings, which she read to us; others were appli c... ...d often talked so sensibly and feelingly about his faults and his vigorous resolutions, and dwelt so much upon the encouragement he derived from these... ...d of greens and taking her tub into the little room behind the shop. “Why, Quebec, my poppet,” says George, following, on invitation, into that depart... ...luous and has not a visible speck of dirt or dust in it, from the faces of Quebec and Malta to the bright tin pots and pannikins upon the dresser shel... ...lk up and down the little street, keeping step and time, until summoned by Quebec and Malta to do justice to the pork and greens, over which Mrs. Bagn... ...then for Mr. George, in his domestic character of Bluffy, to take leave of Quebec and Malta and insinuate a sponsorial shilling into the pocket of his... ... genuine mission of both man and woman was to be always moving declaratory resolutions about things in gen eral at public meetings. The guests were f... ...pon. You know what a hard working, steady going chap he is. You know what Quebec and Malta and Woolwich are, and I never did think you would, or coul...
...b. He rode his own horse, Greased Light- ning, and won the Garrison cup at Quebec races. There were other people besides Amelia who worshipped him. St... ...al- libly relent, or “come round,” as he said, after a time. Had Rebecca’s resolutions been entirely different, he would have followed them as implici... ... I say, Dob, I feel just as I did on the morning I went out with Rocket at Quebec.” “So do I,” William responded. “I was a deuced deal more nervous th... ...mpanies, was an old General who had made his first campaign under Wolfe at Quebec, and was long since quite too old and feeble for command; but he too...
...r stages of one of the G.P.O. outward mail towers. My purpose was a run to Quebec in “Postal Packet 162 or such other as may be appointed”; and the Po... ... The two clerks, its crew, do not even look up as it comes into place. The Quebec letters fly under their fin- gers and leap into the docketed racks, ... ..., all down the Park that the wisdom of our fathers—but every one knows the Quebec run. We dropped to the Heights Receiving Towers twenty min- utes ahe... ...lsinore! The clips parted with a gesture of indignant dismissal, as though Quebec, glittering under her snows, were casting out these light and unwort... ... on normal lines; and tourists must go elsewhere to witness the”debates,” “resolutions,” and “popular movements” of 94 Actions and Reactions the old ...