"Pacificatory" Quotes from Famous Books
... taken towards securing a pure administration of justice in the Superior Court of the Province. Had a similar policy been pursued with respect to other gross abuses, the effect upon the public mind would have been most pacificatory. Standing, as it did, alone, the Act exhibited a striking contrast to every other feature of the Executive policy, and it may be doubted whether a solitary inhabitant of ... — The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 • John Charles Dent |