 | England - 1884 - 222 pàgines
...yield or there would be civil war. From his place in the House of Lords he told his brother peers, " If I could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached " — he meant Ireland — " I would sacrifice my life in order to do it." And the Iron... | |
 | Sir Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling - 1884 - 1244 pàgines
...engaged in war than most mon, and principally, I may say, in civil war, and I must say this, that it' I could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to do it." The Bill was opposed in the Lords by the... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1884 - 408 pàgines
...the Lords, the Duke of Wellington uttered these telling words : " If I could avoid by any sacrifices whatever, even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to do it." The words indicated what was uppermost in... | |
 | Sir Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling - 1884 - 1150 pàgines
...longer period of my life engaged in war than most men, and principally, I may say, in civil war, and I must say this, that if I could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even оме month of civil war in tho country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order... | |
 | George Barnett Smith - 1892 - 658 pàgines
...considerations, he showed its necessity in order to avert a civil war, and he made this memorable declaration: " If I could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to do it." The bill was opposed by the Archbishops... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1895 - 634 pàgines
...considerations, by the neces- Aprii°2j'l> »\ty of averting a civil war, saying, " If I could 1829' avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice ray life in order to do it." He added, that when i lie Irish rebellion... | |
 | Sidney James Mark Low, Sir Sidney Low - 1896 - 1142 pàgines
...longer period of my life engaged in war than most men, and principally, I may say, in civil war, and I must say this, that if I could avoid, by any sacrifice...even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to do it." The Bill was opposed in the Lords by the... | |
 | Sir Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling - 1897 - 1184 pàgines
...engaged in war than most men, and principally, I may say, in civil war, and I must say this, that it' I could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to do it." The Bill was opposed in the Lords by the... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1900 - 456 pàgines
...passed more of their lives in war than most men, and principally, I may say, in civil wars, too ; and I must say this, that if I could avoid by any sacrifice...even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached I would sacrifice my life in order to do it." The Duke was a most humane man. He protected... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 728 pàgines
...longer period of my life engaged in war than most men, and principally, I may say, in civil war; and I must say this, — that if I could avoid, by any sacrifice...even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to do it. I say that there is nothing which destroys... | |
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I am one of those who have probably passed a longer period of my life engaged in war than most men, and principally, I may say, in civil war ; and I must say this — that if I could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil war in the... 
