Identifier: nfldquart190911uoft (find matches)
Title: Newfoundland Quarterly 1909-11
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Evans, John J.
Subjects: Newfoundland and Labrador Studies and Periodicals
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Contributing Library: Memorial - University of Newfoundland

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RAILWAY BRIDGE LITTLE RIVER, CODROY. THE NEWFOUNDLAND QUARTERLY.-17. Old Time Newfoundland. By D. W. Prowse, LL.D. HE admirers of Bacon in our day, who credit him troutin but he did not wish it to be generally known for fear it ftf 1 tn cr\ iv\ n n i r •,, r.-,»-. .-1 .^ ,.£. . 1 1 j. _ J with so many wonderful literary works, seem tohave forgotten that the great Chancellor was anexceedingly busy man, an active politician, agreat public officer. Letters and science werethe mere amusement of his scanty leisure. Thechit-f impression he made on his own times, asBen Johnson tells us, was not as a writer, but asa splendid public speaker. Far in advance ofhis age, he believed in the Colonies, and, like Cecil Rhodes, hewas both an empire founder and a company promoter. As thechief organiser of The London and Bristol Company for Colonising Newfoundland, he drew both the highly coloured prospectus and the rules for the new enterprise. His clear visionforesaw the vast importance of a great

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