 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 Seiten
...rapacity of hireling cruelty ! — If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign tronp was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never. VINDICATION OF SPAIN. PERMIT me, sir, to express my regret and decided disapprobation of the terms... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 Seiten
...aid on which you rely ; for it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your adversaries, to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine...never would lay down my arms — never, never, never ! But, my lords, who is the man that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared... | |
 | R T. Linnington - 1837 - 274 Seiten
...aid on which you rely ; for it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your adversaries, to over-run them with the mercenary sons of rapine...lay down my arms ; NEVER ! — NEVER ! — NEVER! But, my Lords, who is the man, that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 Seiten
...mercenary aid on which you rely ; for it irritates to an incurable resentment the minds of your adversaries to over-run them with the mercenary sons of rapine...never would lay down my arms ; — Never, never, never ! But, my Lords, who is the man who, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1838 - 604 Seiten
...incurable resentment the minds of your enemies, whom you overrun with the sordid sons of rapine and of plunder, devoting them and their possessions to the...never would lay down my arms — never! never! never!' — Such language, seed in the modern days of ultra loyalty and extreme decorum, would call down upon... | |
 | 1838 - 596 Seiten
...incurable resentment the minds of your enemies, whom you ' overrun with the sordid sons of rapine and of plunder, devoting ' them and their possessions to...would lay down my 'arms — never! never! never!' — Such language, used in the modern days of ultra loyalty and extreme decorum, would call down upon... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - 476 Seiten
...incurable resentment the minds of your enemies, Avhom you overrun with the sordid sons of rapine and of plunder, devoting them and their possessions to the...was landed in my country, I never would lay down my amis, never ! never ! never !" Such language, used in the modern days of ultra loyalty and extreme... | |
 | 1840 - 582 Seiten
...little pitiful German prince, that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles of a foreign sovereign ; your efforts are for ever vain and impotent — doubly...never would lay down my arms, — never, never, never ! But, my Lords, who is the man that, in addition to these disgraces of our army, has dared to authorise... | |
 | 1840 - 452 Seiten
...devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty- If I were an American, as 1 am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed...never would lay down my arms ; — never, never, never ! But, my lords, who is the man, that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1841 - 548 Seiten
...conquest, therefore, my lords, I repeat, it is impossible. You may swell every expense, and every eflort, still more extravagantly ; pile and accumulate every...— never — never. Your own army is infected with ihe contagion of these illiberal allies. The spirit of plunder and of rapine is gone forth among them.... | |
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To overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty ! If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down... 
