| Great Britain - 1805 - 536 pages
...never be de- | stroyed. 'lo take from France • her colonies ?— The colonies are to France only « secondary object ; .and does not your Majesty already possess more than you know how lo preserve ? If yovir Maje-ity would but reflect, you must perceive that LETTER op LORD MUI.ORAVE.... | |
| History - 1807 - 1012 pages
...To take from France her colonies ? — The colonies are to France only a secondary object ; and docs not your majesty already possess more than you know...what a melancholy prospect to cause two nations to tight merely for the sake of fighting. The world is sufficiently large for our two nations to live... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1807 - 1004 pages
...agriculture can never be destroyed. To take from .France her colonies ? — The colonies are to France only a secondary object; and does not your majesty...you must perceive that the war is without an object, with, out any presumable result to yourself. Alas ! what a melancholy prospect to cause two nations... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1807 - 1014 pages
...docnuient concludes, in a hiçh-wrought strain of pathetic expostulation, in thefellowing words. — " If your majesty would but reflect, you must perceive,...what a melancholy prospect ! To cause two nations te fight for the sake of lighting! The world is sufficiently large for our two nations to exist in... | |
| Francis Peter Plowden - 1811 - 566 pages
...flourishing culture can never be destroyed. To take from France her colonies? The colonies are to France only a secondary object; and does not your Majesty...your Majesty would but reflect, you must perceive* • tion without previous communication with those .""**•, powers on the continent, with which he... | |
| Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1811 - 562 pages
...flourishing culture can never be destroyed. To take from France her colonies? The colonies.are to France only a secondary object;' and does not your Majesty already possess more, than you know how to pa-serve ? if your Majesty would but ruflttt, you must perceive* tion without previous communication... | |
| Thomas Burgeland Johnson - 1812 - 596 pages
...founded on a florishing agriculture can never be destroyed.—To take from France her colonies ? The colonies to France are only a secondary object; and...melancholy prospect, to cause two nations to fight merely for the sake of fighting. The world is sufficiently large for * Alluding to the English conquests... | |
| Theophilus Camden - France - 1814 - 746 pages
...what end can be assigned to a war which all my efforts will not be able to terminate? Your majesty has gained more •within ten years, both in territory...what a melancholy prospect to cause two nations to 6ght for the sake of fighting: the world is sufficiently large for our two nations to live in it; and... | |
| J. W. Robertson - 1815 - 850 pages
...agriculture can never be destroyed. To take from France her colonies ?—The colonies are to France only a secondary object; and does not your majesty...without an object, without any presumable result to yourself!—Alas! what a melancholy prospect, that two nations should fight, merely for the sake of... | |
| C. H. Gifford - Europe - 1817 - 944 pages
...document concluded, in a high-wrought strain of pathetic expostulation, in the following words: — " If your majesty would but reflect, you must perceive,...melancholy prospect ! To cause two nations to fight tor the sake of fighting ! The world is sufficiently large for our two nations to exist in it; and... | |
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