Three phenomena have been identified as significant elements in the socio-economic structure of Quebec during Larose's lifetime: economic liberalism, agriculturalism, and egalitarianism.

Having my stays very fully boned and fitted with shoulder-straps.

[…] and the tergiversations of the council, wholly devoted to Rome — there was not a Lutheranist or Calvinist present — so disgusted the Protestants, that they refused to recognize its authority, or to be bound by its decrees.

In spring the fields near the river are covered with beautiful mauve flowers, another pest, known as Patterson’s curse.