 | François marquis de Barbé-Marbois - Louisiana - 1830 - 468 pages
...them with that vehemence and passion "which he particularly manifested in political affairs, said; - ! know the full value of Louisiana, and I have been...of it than to those to whom I wish to deliver it. The English have successively taken from France, Canada, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1854 - 674 pages
...them with that vehemence and passion which he particularly manifested in political affairs, said : ' I know the full value of Louisiana, and I have been...of it, than to those to whom I wish to deliver it. The English have successively taken from France: Canada, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1854 - 666 pages
...them with that vehemence and passion which he particularly manifested in political affairs, said : ' I know the full value of Louisiana, and I have been...of it, than to those to whom I wish to deliver it. The English have successively taken from France: Canada, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1860 - 840 pages
...abandoned it in 17ti3. A few lines of a treaty have restored it to me, and I have scarce recovered if irhcn I must expect to lose, it. But if it escapes from...oblige me to strip myself of it, than to those to whom 1 wish to deliver it. The English have successively taken from France Canada, Cape Breton, Newfoundland,... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1867 - 680 pages
...them with that vehemence and passion which he particularly manifested in political affairs, said: ' I know the full value of Louisiana, and I have been...of it, than to those to whom I wish to deliver it. The English have successively taken from France: Canada, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and... | |
 | Dakota Indians - 1901 - 772 pages
...and I have been desirous of repairing the fault of the French negotiator who abandoned it in 1762. A few lines of a treaty have restored it to me, and...of it than to those to whom I wish to deliver it. The English have successively taken from France, Canada, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and... | |
 | Daniel Webster Wilder - History - 1875 - 692 pages
...the Revolutionary war. " 'I know,' said the First Consul, speaking with 'passion and vehemence,' — 'I know the full value of Louisiana, and I have been...of it than to those to whom I wish to deliver it. The English have successively taken from France Canada, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and... | |
 | Literature - 1874 - 784 pages
...recovered it when I must expect to lose it. (The English were then hurrying their fleets into the Gulf.) But if it escapes from me, it shall one day cost dearer...it than to those to whom I wish to deliver it." And n was forthwith ceded to the United States. The Spaniard and the Frenchman have gone their ways, and... | |
 | James Parton - 1883 - 790 pages
...and I have been desirous of repairing the fault of the French negotiator who abandoned it in 17G3. A few lines of a treaty have restored it to me, and...of it than to those to whom I wish to deliver it. The English have successively taken from France, Canada, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1885 - 674 pages
...them with that vehemence and passion which he particularly manifested in political affairs, said : ' I know the full value of Louisiana, and I have been...of it, than to those to whom I wish to deliver it. The English have successively taken from France: Canada, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and... | |
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I know the full value of Louisiana, and I have been desirous of repairing the fault of the French negotiator who abandoned it in 1763. A few lines of a treaty have restored it to me, and I have scarcely recovered it, when I must expect to lose it. But... 
