 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...  Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt - Pagina 140door Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1867Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Archibald Philip Primrose Earl of Rosebery - 1891 - 382 pagina’s
...subsidy for the Hessian mercenaries. And to raise hopes of further reductions he declared that : " Unquestionably there never was a time in the history...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,... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1891 - 640 pagina’s
...years I am not naming a period in which events may arise which human foresight cannot reach . . . but unquestionably there never was a time in the history...situation of Europe we might more reasonably expect fifieen years of peace than we may at the present moment.' 2 The Cassandra warnings of Burke were indeed... | |
 | Archibald Philip Primrose Earl of Rosebery - 1893 - 318 pagina’s
...subsidy for the Hessian mercenaries. And to 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 Europe we might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than at the presenf... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 502 pagina’s
...the country. ' Unquestionably,' said Pitt, in his famous Budget speech of this period, ' there never was a time in the history of this country when from...more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than at the present moment.'* Not a whisper was yet heard of British intervention in the quarrel between... | |
 | Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1914 - 320 pagina’s
...should quote the very words of Mr Pitt, in a speech made this very mouth of February, 1792. He said: — "Unquestionably there never was a time in the history...of this country when, from the situation of Europe, they might reasonably expect fifteen years' of peace than we may at the present time. It was true that... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1898 - 464 pagina’s
...estimates provided for only sixteen thousand seamen and marines. " Unquestionably," said he, "there never was a time in the history of this country, when, from...situation of Europe, we might more reasonably expect fiftet-n years of peace than at the present moment. " When the war with Germany began, Great Britain... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - 1899 - 516 pagina’s
...drawing him back. In 1792, bringing in his budget, he held out a prospect of relief from taxes within fifteen years ; " for although," said he, " we must...fifteen years of peace than we may at the present moment." He reduced the navy and looked forward to general reduction of armaments, abolition of customs... | |
 | William Henry Fitchett - 1900 - 416 pagina’s
...before the great war began — Pitt reduced his vote for the navy, and told the House of Commons, " unquestionably there never was a time in the history...more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than at the present moment >. ' " The ' longer I work at politics," said Bismarck, " the less do I believe... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 520 pagina’s
...late as the month of February, 1792, he unhesitatingly expressed his conviction in Parliament, that " unquestionably there never was a time in the history...more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than at the present moment." In like manner, when war had become inevitable, he pointed with his accustomed... | |
 | James Richard Joy - 1902 - 302 pagina’s
...Pitt, Prime Minister of George III., unfolding his annual budget in the House of Commons, declared, "Unquestionably there never was a time in the history...more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace, than at the present moment." Yet within a twelvemonth after this utterance, apparently sincere, France and... | |
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