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... thought. You will be entertained with a prophecy which my Lord Chesterfield has found in the 35th chapter of Ezekiel, which clearly promises us victory over the French, and expressly relates to this war, as it mentions the two countries (Nova Scotia and Acadia) which are the point in dispute. You will have no difficulty in allowing that mounseer, is typical enough of France: except Cyrus, who is the only heathen prince mentioned by his right name, and that before he had any name, I know no power so ...

— The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 2 • Horace Walpole

... the English of Acadia may fairly be considered as beginning when in 1749 Cornwallis founded Halifax.[2] Negro slaves were among the population of Halifax from the beginning or very shortly after. Where they came from is uncertain and it has been suggested that they came with the original settlers across ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 • Various

... of the conflict in Acadia after its conquest by the British. A dramatic picture that lives and shines with the indefinable ...

— The Scarlet Feather • Houghton Townley

... kept Gibraltar and Minorca, which together made two splendid bases for their fleet in the Mediterranean; while France gave up all her claims to Newfoundland and the Territory of Hudson Bay, besides ceding Acadia (Nova ...

— Flag and Fleet - How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas • William Wood

Words linked to "Acadia" : Canadian Maritime Provinces, district, territory, Maritime Provinces, Acadia National Park, territorial dominion