 | William Coutts Keppel Earl of Albemarle - 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 510
...vast operation to his brother,* or any other colonial officer, the same as to M. de Levis Everybody appears to be in a hurry to make his fortune before the colony is lost ; an event which many, perhaps, desire as an impenetrable veil over their conduct. .... Has the king... | |
 | Ontario. Commissioner on the Northern and Western Boundaries, David Mills - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 718
...livres in certificates, for goods issued for the Indians on account of His Majesty. * * * Everybody appears to be in a hurry to make his fortune before...expenses of Canada, people wish to retain all ; how abandon positions which serve as a pretext to make private fortunes. Transportation is distributed... | |
 | Ontario - 1878 - عدد الصفحات: 506
...Kvres in certificates, for goods issued for the Indians on account of His Majesty. * * * Everybody appears to be in a hurry to make his fortune before...expenses of Canada, people wish to retain all ; how abandon positions which serve as a pretext to make private fortunes. Transportation is distributed... | |
 | William Wood - 1904 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...millions. Last year it amounted to twelve millions ; next year it will come to thirty-six. Everybody appears to be in a hurry to make his fortune before the Colony is lost. . . . Transport is given to favourites. The agreements with the contractors are as unknown to me as... | |
 | Sarah Macnaughtan - 1920 - عدد الصفحات: 268
...Cupidity has seized officers and storekeepers, the commissaries are making astounding profits. Everybody appears to be in a hurry to make his fortune before the Colony is lost." In that same year the state of Canada was more perilous than ever. Naval and military defences were... | |
 | Herbert Levi Osgood - 1925 - عدد الصفحات: 618
...which they were accumulating large fortunes at the expense of the king and the colony. " Everybody appears to be in a hurry to make his fortune before...desire as an impenetrable veil over their conduct." In this strain the general indicated in outline the plan of operations which Bigot and his friends... | |
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Everybody appears to be in a hurry to make his fortune before the Colony is lost, which event, many perhaps desire as an impenetrable veil over their conduct. The craving after wealth has an influence on the war, and M. de Vaudreuil does not doubt it.... 