| 1897 - 812 páginas
...nation — 4 throne sent word to a throne : tKhwf am I in my mother's house, Jjut mistress in my own I The gates are mine to open, As the gates are mine to close, And I abide by my mother's house,' Said our Lady of the Snows." The last suggested remedy I will briefly... | |
| 1927 - 1010 páginas
...Alexander Macdonald (1815-18911, one of Canada's great statesmen, is affectionately spoken of by Canadians. "Daughter am I in my mother's house, But mistress in my own." — From Kipling's "Our Lady of the Snows." SIXTY YEARS OF TRIUMPHANT TOIL and faithful following in... | |
| Francis M. Stalker, Charles Madison Curry, Walter W. Storms - 1900 - 718 páginas
...else on the globe is there so much coal and timber and such valuable fisheries. Her political motto, " Daughter am I in my mother's house, but mistress in my own," well expresses her attitude towards England. The sketck is written from the Canadian standpoint. [D.... | |
| Niagara Historical Society - 1897 - 434 páginas
...country, of a trade concession, considered by Imperial authorities to be of supreme significance. ' " 'The gates are mine to open ' As the gates are mine to close, 'And I abide by my mother's house,' Said Our Lady of the Snows." The commercial value of the concession may... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - 1897 - 54 páginas
...central words : " These united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States." "Daughter am I in my mother's house, But mistress in my own." JOHN ADAMS himself has left to us the history of his time, in which he filled a place so large. Impetuous... | |
| 1897 - 836 páginas
...troops from all parts of the world ; every colony represented rejoicing in the words of Kipling, " Daughter am I in my mother's house, but mistress in my own." At a banquet given to the colonial Premiers, the Duke of Devonshire contrasted the feeling entertained... | |
| 1897 - 706 páginas
...the mother country. Canada, as " Our Lady of the Snows," declares with reference to the decision : " Daughter am I in my mother's house, But mistress in my own." It seems doubtful, however, whether the independence thus asserted exists. The treaties of the mother-country... | |
| 1897 - 678 páginas
...the mother country. Canada, as " Our Lady of the Snows," declares with reference to the decision : " Daughter am I in my mother's house, But mistress in my own." It seems doubtful, however, whether the independence thus asserted exists. The treaties of the mother-country... | |
| John D. D. Clifford - 1899 - 244 páginas
...at home and abroad, when he describes Canada in the lines — A nation spoke to a nation— A Throne sent word to a Throne : " Daughter am I in my mother's...mine to open As the gates are mine to close, And I abide by my mother's house," Said our Lady of the Snows. Our colonies are resolutely self-governing.... | |
| Jean Newton McIlwraith - 1899 - 274 páginas
...that new and wildly romantic three-volume novel, British Columbia. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND CHAPTER XX " DAUGHTER AM I IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE, BUT MISTRESS IN MY OWN " 1888. GREAT BRITAIN is beginning to realise that Canada is grown up. The day is far past when her... | |
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