Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 308
tors, while the armed columns of the Christian kingstood fast in an apathy which has never been explained,and which has left an unmovable blot on the otherwisefair escutcheon of their leader. Nor was the sword ofdeath stayed until cupidity got the mastery of revenge.Then, indeed, the shrieks of the… … THE TAKING OF QUEBEC THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY When the French and Indian War had dragged alongfor seven years, after a series of notable victories forthe English it culminated, in 1759, in their capture ofQuebec ; since when Canada has been a British colony.The taking of Quebec, one of the most…
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