 | John Almon - 1792 - 458 pàgines
...Lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your prefent iituation there ? We do not know the worft; but we know, that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and fuffered much. Befides the fufferings, perhaps total lofs, of the Northern force f, the beft appointed... | |
 | John Almon - 1793 - 542 pàgines
...Lords, you cannot conquer ' America.. What is your prerent fituation ' there? We do not know the worft; but « we know, that in three campaigns we have ' done nothing, and differed much. Be* fides the fufferingi?, perhaps fatal lofs, of * the Northern force t; the beft appointed... | |
 | William Belsham - 1795 - 496 pàgines
...thing rxcept impossibilities ; and I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You CANNOT, my lords, you CANNOT conquer America. What...your present situation there ? We do not know the worxt : but we know that in three campaigns we liave done nothing, and suffered much. You may swell... | |
 | William Belsham - 1795 - 374 pàgines
...Lords, you CANXOT conquer America. What is' your prefent fituation there ? We do not know the worjl: but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and fuffered much. You may fwell every expence, and ftrain every effort, accumulate every affiftance, and... | |
 | John Almon - 1797 - 440 pàgines
...Jeffcry (now Lord) AmberJI. America. What is your prefent fituatkm there? We do not know the worft; but we know, that in three campaigns we have done nothing and fuffered much. Befides the fufferings, perhaps total lofs, of the Northerh force*; the befi appointed... | |
 | Hugh Boyd - 1800 - 638 pàgines
...Lords.YOU CANNOT CONQUERAMERICA. — What is your prefent fituation there ? we do not know the worft ; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and fuffered much. Befides the fufferings, * Sir Jeffery (now Lord) Amherft. . \ VOL. i. u perhaps perhaps... | |
 | John Dickinson - 1801 - 468 pàgines
...the conduct of ministers, he proceeded thus " you may swell every expence, and strain every effort, accumulate every assistance, and extend your traffic...shambles of every German despot, your attempts will be forever vain and impotent. But, my lords, where is the man, that in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1802 - 630 pàgines
...fay it, you cannot conquer America. What is your preient iituation there ? we do not know the word; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and fuftercd much. Conqueit is imn.o(uUle>: you may fwell every cxpencc, and every effort {'till more extravagantly... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1807 - 312 pàgines
...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 present situation there ? "We c'u not know the worst ; but we know, that in three campaigns we have dene nothing, and suffered much.... | |
 | 1808 - 546 pàgines
...impossibilities ; and I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You CANNOT, my lords,you CANNOT conquer America. What is your present situation...done nothing, and suffered much. You may swell every expence, and strain every effort, accumulate every assistance, and extend your traffic to the Jbambles... | |
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I do; I know their virtues and their valor; I know they can achieve anything but impossibilities; and I know that the conquest of British America is an impossibility. You cannot, my Lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your present situation there... 
