 We must not count with certainty on a continuance of our present prosperity during such an interval ; but unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country, when, from the situation of Europe, we might more reasonably expect fifteen...  The Literary World - Page 661882Full view - About this book
 | François Guizot - 1876 - 568 pages
...of our present prosperity during such an interval, yet -unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when, from the situation of...years of peace than we may at the present moment." Still occupied almost exclusively with home affairs, Pitt warmly supported the bill for the immediate... | |
 | Francis Espinasse - 1877 - 526 pages
...of our present prosperity during such an interval, yet unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when, from the situation of...years of peace than we may at the present moment." 1 Another year, and in the February of 1793, the French Republic declared war against England, and... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 522 pages
...in the history of this country when, from the situation of VOT.. n. 1 2 RESULTS OF THE REVOLUTION. Europe, we might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than we may at the present moment." We know how completely events falsified this prediction. We know that Pitt himself helped very energetically... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1879 - 562 pages
...of our present prosperity during such an interval, yet unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when from the situation of...years of peace than we may at the present moment.' 1 Proceeding on this conviction, Pitt asked the House to vote only 16,000 seamen, being 2,000 less... | |
 | John Wilson (reviewer.) - 1881 - 482 pages
...estimates, he hazarded the anticipation (rashly, as the event proved), that ' there never was a time in the history of this country when, from the situation of...might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace ! ' The judgment stands on record of so competent and impartial an authority as the late Sir George... | |
 | Stephen Dowell - 1884 - 484 pages
...and expenditure, February 17, in which he stated that 'unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when, from the situation of...might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace.' Lord Grenville, who had been made a peer in November 1790,2 had in the previous August expressed a... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1887 - 644 pages
...may arise which human foresight cannot reach . . . but unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when from 'the situation of...years of peace than we may at the present moment.' ' The Cassandra warnings of Burke were indeed still heard, but they had never been so completely disregarded.3... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1887 - 648 pages
...unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when from the situation of Europe we j might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than we / may at the present moment.' ' The Cassandra warnings of Burke were indeed still heard, but they had never been so completely disregarded.4... | |
 | Stephen Dowell - 1888 - 618 pages
...impression it made on the committee. In this he stated that ' unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when, from the situation of...might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace.' Lord Grenville* had in the previous August expressed a similar opinion. Writing to his brother, 1 32... | |
 | Archibald Philip Primrose Earl of Rosebery - 1891 - 382 pages
...raise hopes of further reductions he declared that : " Unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when from the situation of...more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than at the present moment." This, it may be said, is a random expression in debate. Even in a budget speech,... | |
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