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" I do; I know their virtues and their valor; I know they can achieve anything but impossibilities; and I know that the conquest of British America is an impossibility. You cannot, my Lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your present situation there... "
Mirabeau's Letters During His Residence in England: With Anecdotes, Maxims ... - Page 215
by Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - 1832
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1792 - 458 pages
...Lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your prefent iituation there ? We do not know the worft; but we know, that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and fuffered much. Befides the fufferings, perhaps total lofs, of the Northern force f, the beft appointed...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1793 - 542 pages
...Lords, you cannot conquer ' America.. What is your prerent fituation ' there? We do not know the worft; but « we know, that in three campaigns we have ' done nothing, and differed much. Be* fides the fufferingi?, perhaps fatal lofs, of * the Northern force t; the beft appointed...
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Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament ..., Volume 2

William Belsham - 1795 - 496 pages
...impossibilities ; and I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You CANNOT, my lords, you CANNOT conquer America. What is your present situation there ? We do not know the worxt : but we know that in three campaigns we liave done nothing, and suffered much. You may swell...
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Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament ..., Volume 2

William Belsham - 1795 - 374 pages
...Lords, you CANXOT conquer America. What is' your prefent fituation there ? We do not know the worjl: but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and fuffered much. You may fwell every expence, and ftrain every effort, accumulate every affiftance, and...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1797 - 440 pages
...Jeffcry (now Lord) AmberJI. America. What is your prefent fituatkm there? We do not know the worft; but we know, that in three campaigns we have done nothing and fuffered much. Befides the fufferings, perhaps total lofs, of the Northerh force*; the befi appointed...
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Miscellaneous Works of Hugh Boyd: The Author of the Letters of Junius, Volume 1

Hugh Boyd - 1800 - 638 pages
...Lords.YOU CANNOT CONQUERAMERICA. — What is your prefent fituation there ? we do not know the worft ; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and fuffered much. Befides the fufferings, * Sir Jeffery (now Lord) Amherft. . \ VOL. i. u perhaps perhaps...
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The History of England: From the Accession of King George the ..., Volume 3

John Adolphus - 1802 - 630 pages
...fay it, you cannot conquer America. What is your preient iituation there ? we do not know the word; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and fuftercd much. Conqueit is imn.o(uUle>: you may fwell every cxpencc, and every effort {'till more extravagantly...
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The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces ...

Caleb Bingham - 1807 - 312 pages
...noble lord in this House, a long and laborious campaign, to expel five thousand Frenchmen from. French America. My lords, you CANNOT conquer America. What is your present situation there ? "We c'u not know the worst ; but we know, that in three campaigns we have dene nothing, and suffered much....
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 5

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 514 pages
...noble lord in this house, a long and laborious campaign, to expel five thousand Frenchmen from French America. My lords, you cannot conquer America. What...sufferings, perhaps total loss, of the northern force t ; the^ best appointed army that ever took the field commanded by sir William Howe, * Sir Jeffery...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 5

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...laborious campaign, to expel five thousand Frenchmen from French America. My lords, you cannot conquet America. What is your present situation there? We...sufferings, perhaps total loss, of the northern force t ; the^ best appointed army that ever took the field commanded by sir William Howe, * Sir Jeffery...
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