text_original: The sweet, simple gravity of the man's nat  ure lives for us very vividly in the portrait Thackeray draws of him in the pages of " The Virginians," where so many of the famous figures of the crowded last century world seem to take bodily shape again and live and move around us. 1766. THE STRUGGLE FOR CANADA. 283 From the end of the fifteenth century, when John and Sebastian Cabot discovered Canada, France considered that portion of the New World as her own.
text_transcription: THE SWEET SIMPLE GRAVITY OF THE MAN'S NATURE LIVES FOR US VERY VIVIDLY IN THE PORTRAIT THACKERAY DRAWS OF HIM IN THE PAGES OF THE VIRGINIANS WHERE SO MANY OF THE FAMOUS FIGURES OF THE CROWDED LAST CENTURY WORLD SEEM TO TAKE BODILY SHAPE AGAIN AND LIVE AND MOVE AROUND US FROM THE END OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY WHEN JOHN AND SEBASTIAN CABOT DISCOVERED CANADA FRANCE CONSIDERED THAT PORTION OF THE NEW WORLD AS HER OWN
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