 The defeat of many Baillies and Braithwaites will not destroy them. I can ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea ; and I must be first weary of a war in which I can gain nothing by fighting.  The London Quarterly Review - 59 ページ1818全文表示 - この書籍について
 | 1818 - 590 ページ
...spite of Mahommed Ali, the most trea-, cherous of men. The defeat of many Baillies and Braithwaites will not destroy them. I can ruin their resources...that they themselves do not expect to be trusted. 1 have been amused by idle expectations of a French force from Europe ; but, supposing it to arrive,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1818 - 574 ページ
...Uaillies and Braithwaites will t destroy them. I can ruin their resources by land, but 1 cannot dry up e sea; and I must be first weary of a war in which 1 can gain 'thing by fighting. I ought to have reflected, that no man of common use will trust a Mahratta... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - 1835 - 378 ページ
...spite of Mohamed Ally, the most treacherous of men. The defeat of many Bailies and Braith•waites will not destroy them. I can ruin their resources...reflected, that no man of common sense will trust •& Mahratta, and that they themselves do not expect to be trusted. I have been amused by idle expectations... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 472 ページ
...war by French councils. " The defeat of many Baillies," said he, " will not destroy these English. I can ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea." He risked another battle on the 27th of August, and another on the 27th of September ; he was defeated... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1850 - 232 ページ
...I have purchased a draught of seandee|| (worth about a farthing) at the price of a lac of pagodas. I can ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea."^f It would have been well for his successor had he profited by this dear-bought experience; but... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1851 - 468 ページ
...the war by French councils. " The defeat of many Baillies," said he, "will not destroy these English. I can ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea." He risked another battle on the 27th of August, and another on the 27th of September ; he was defeated... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1851 - 466 ページ
...war by French councils. " The defeat of many Baillies," said he, " will not destroy these English. I can ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea." He risked another battle on the 27th of August, and another ou the 27th of September ; he was defeated... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1853 - 718 ページ
...resources of his enemy. " The defeat of many Baillies," said he, " will not destroy these English. I can ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea." He sore regretted having allowed himself to be drawn into the war by French councils ; and he bitterly... | |
 | John Clark Marshman - 1863 - 558 ページ
...wretched Nabob. "The defeat of many Brathwaites and many Baillies," he said, "will not crush them. I may ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea, and I must be exhausted by a war in which I can gain nothing by fighting." He resolved, therefore, to abandon all... | |
 | John Garrett - 1865 - 366 ページ
...resources of his enemy. " The defeat of many Baillies," said he, " will not destroy these English. I can ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea." He sorely regretted having allowed himself to be drawn into the war by French councils: and he bitterly... | |
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