 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...to rescue the ear of Majesty from the delusions which surround it. You cannot, I venture to say it, you CANNOT conquer America. What is your present situation...there ? We do not know the worst ; but we know that in thrce campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much. You may swell every expense, and strain every... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...I know that the conquest of British America is an impossibility. You can not, my lords, you can not conquer America. What is your present situation there...assistance, and extend your traffic to the + shambles of every German despot : your attempts will be forever + impotent ; doubly so, indeed, from this + mercenary... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 pages
...in this House, a long and laborious campaign, to expel five thousand Frenchmen from French America. My Lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your...campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much. Besides the sufferings, perhaps total loss, of the Northern force ;f the best appointed army that ever... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1853 - 972 pages
...laborious campaign, to expel five thousand Frenchmen from French America. My Lords, you can not cnnquer America. What is your present situation there ? We...; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nething and suffered much. Besides the sufferings, perhaps total loss of the Northern force,3 the best... | |
 | Charles Selby - 1854 - 338 pages
...highly esteems and honours'theBritish troops than I do ; I know their •virtues and their valour'; I know they can achieve anything but impossibilities...assistance, and extend your traffic to the shambles of every German despot ; your attempts will be for ever vain and impotent — doubly so, indeed, from... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 pages
...more highly esteems and honours the British troops than I do; I know their virtues and their valour; I know they can achieve anything but impossibilities,...assistance, and extend your traffic to the shambles of every German despot ; your attempts will be for ever vain and impotent — doubly so, indeed, from... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pages
...British troops than I do. I know their virtues and their valor ; I know they can achieve any thing but impossibilities; and I know that the conquest...assistance, and extend your traffic to the shambles of every German despot ; your attempts will be forever vain and impotent — doubly so, indeed, from this... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pages
...to rescue the ear of Majesty from the delusions which surround it. You cannot, I venture to say it, you CANNOT conquer America. What is your present situation...nothing, and suffered much. You may swell every expense, and strain every effort, still more extravagantly ; accumulate every assistance you can beg or borrow... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 pages
...British troops than I do ; I know their virtues and their valour ; I know they can achieve any thing but impossibilities ; and I know that the conquest...swell every expense, accumulate every assistance; your attempts will be forever vain and impotent, — doubly so, indeed from the mercenary aid on which... | |
 | Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855 - 190 pages
...highly esteems and honours the British troops than I do ; I know their virtues and their valour ; I know they can achieve anything but impossibilities...know that in three campaigns we have done nothing but suffered much. You may swell every expense, accumulate every assistance, and extend your traffic... | |
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We do not know the worst; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much. 
