 | William Seward - 1795 - 814 Seiten
...numerous friends there to annihilate " the Congrefs ; and your powerful forces to dif" perfe her army. I might as well talk of driving " them before me with this crutch." The learned Abbe Brotier, in his " Paroles " Memorable*," thus fpeaks of Lord Chatham : " William Earl... | |
 | William Seward - 1798 - 536 Seiten
...friends there to •".'annihilate the Congrefs ; and your powerful '** forces to difperfe her army. I might as well ** talk of driving them before me with this -f crutch." , The The learned Abbe Brotier thus fpeaks of Lord Chatham : " William Earl of Chatham... | |
 | William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - 1824 - 392 Seiten
...numerous friends there to annihilate the congress ; and of your powerful forces to disperse her army : I might as well talk of driving them before me with this crutch." EARL OF SHAFTESBUKY. The author of the Characteristics, when Lord Ashley, and soon after he had taken... | |
 | 1826 - 376 Seiten
...numerous friends there to annihilate the congress; and of your powerful forces to disperse her army: I might as well talk of driving them before me with this crutch." DEATH OF LORD CHATHAM. " Shall Chatham die, and be forgof! No. Warm from its source let grateful sorrow... | |
 | James Carmichael Smyth - 1826 - 212 Seiten
...and warning voice. " You talk of conquering America, of your powerful forces to disperse her army. I might as well talk of driving them before me with this crutch." These were almost the last words of this great man in the House of Lords. They were, however, unregarded,... | |
 | Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - 1832 - 730 Seiten
...numerous friends there to annihilate the Congress — and your powerful forces to disperse her army ; — I might as well talk of driving them before me with this crutch." VOL. I. F " The secretary stood alone — modern degeneracy had not reached him. Original and unaccommodating,... | |
 | Honoré Gabriel Riquetti comte de Mirabeau - 1832 - 520 Seiten
...your numerous friends there to annihilate the Congress—and your powerful forces to disperse her army ;—I might as well talk of driving them before me with this crutch." VOL. I. F " The secretary stood alone — modern degeneracy had not reached him. Original and unaccommodating,... | |
 | 1832 - 616 Seiten
...conquering America — of your numerous friends there, — and your powerful forces to disperse her army. I might as well talk of driving them before me with this crutch !" Sir Robert Walpole could not look upon, or listen to him, without being alarmed ; and told his friends,... | |
 | Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti comte de Mirabeau - 1832 - 504 Seiten
...numerous friends there to annihilate the Congress— and your powerful forces to disperse her army ; — I might as well talk of driving them before me with this crutch." VOL. I. F " The secretary stood alone — modern degeneracyhad not reached him. Original and unaccommodating,... | |
 | 1833 - 460 Seiten
...conquering America — of your numerous friends there, — and your powerful forces to disperse her army, i might as well talk of driving them before me with this crutch !" Sir Robert Walpole could not look upon, or listen to him, without being alarmed ; and told histriends,... | |
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You may ravage — you cannot conquer ; it is impossible : you cannot conquer the Americans. You talk of your numerous friends to annihilate the congress, and of your powerful forces to disperse their army : I might as well talk of driving them before... 
