 | Charles George Walpole - 1882 - 668 Seiten
...endeavoured to induce the general to recall the order. " The struggle was," as Sir Ralph writes to his son, "in the first place whether I was to have the command...in measures which they durst not avow or sanction." The Ascendency carried their point, and Abercromby resigned. " Lord Camden," he writes, " has betrayed... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1890 - 504 Seiten
...and stated his case with a clearness that leaves nothing to be desired. ' The struggle,' he said, ' has been, in the first place, whether I was to have...the army really or nominally, and then whether the clara.-ter and discipline of it were to be degraded and ruined in the mode of using it, either from... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1890 - 522 Seiten
...and stated his case with a clearness that leaves nothing to be desired. ' The struggle,' he said, ' has been, in the first place, whether I was to have the command of the army really or nominally, and 1 Camden to Portland, March IB, 2 Dunfermline's Abercromby, p. 1798. Dunfermline's Abercromby, p. 106.... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1890 - 500 Seiten
...and stated his case with a clearness that leaves nothing to be desired. ' The struggle,' he said, ' has been, in the first place, whether I was to have the command of the army really or nominally, and i Camden to Portland, March 15, * Dunfermline's Abcrcromby, p. then whether the cl ara ter and discipline... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1892 - 520 Seiten
...and stated his case with a clearness that leaves nothing to be desired. ' The struggle,' he said, ' has been, in the first place, whether I was to have...in measures which they durst not avow or sanction. . . . Within these twelve months every crime, every cruelty that could be committed by Cossacks or... | |
 | Erskine Childers - 1911 - 380 Seiten
...crime, every cruelty that could be committed by Cossacks or Calmucks has been transacted here. . . . The struggle has been, in the first place, whether...in measures which they durst not avow or sanction." Abercromby's resignation, in Mr. Lecky's opinion, " took away the last faint chance of averting a rebellion."... | |
 | John Gordon Swift MacNeill - 1917 - 558 Seiten
...the Eighteenth Century, vii., pp. 430-436). " The struggle," wrote Abercromby, in a private letter, " has been, in the first place, whether I was to have...and ruined in the mode of using it, either from the ferocity of one man or from the violence and oppression of a set of men who have for more than twelve... | |
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has been, in the first place, whether I was to have the command of the army really or nominally, and then whether the character and discipline of it were to be degraded and ruined in the mode of using it, either from the facility of one man, or from... 