 American colonies could ever be separated from this country. It. was always considered as an idle dream of discontented politicians, good enough to fill up the periods of a .speech, but which no practical man, devoid of the spirit of party, considered...  The History of Tasmania - Page 345by John West - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Sydney Smith - Catholic emancipation - 1826 - 136 pages
...making any one believe that the American colonies could ever be separated from this country. It. was always considered as an idle dream of discontented...another at the Lion : blood and treasure men, breathing c 4* war, vengeance, and contempt ; and in eight years afterwards, an awkward looking gentleman in... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 348 pages
...politicians, good enough to fill up the periods of a speech, but which no practical man. devoid ot the spirit of party, considered to be within the limits...another at the Lion : blood and treasure men, breathing WT-, vengeance, and contempt ; and in eight years afterwards, an awkward-looking gentleman in plain... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 548 pages
...illustrates its consequences in a variety of historical allusions. " There was a period," he says, " when the slightest concession would have satisfied...met at the Lamb, and another at the Lion ; blood and treasure-men, breathing war, vengeance, and contempt ; and in eight years afterwards, an awkward looking... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1848 - 580 pages
...making any one believe that the American colonies could ever be separated from this country. It was always considered as an idle dream of discontented...blood and treasure men, breathing war, vengeance, and contetnpt ; and in eight years afterwards, an awkward looking gentleman in plain clothes walked up... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1848 - 522 pages
...making any one believe that the American colonies could ever be separated from this country. It was always considered as an idle dream of discontented...world was in heroics ; one set of gentlemen met at the Larnb, and another at the Lion : blood and treasure men, breathing war, vengeance, and contempt ; and... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - Literary Collections - 1848 - 372 pages
...illustrates its consequences in a variety of historical allusions. " There was a period," he says, " when the slightest concession would have satisfied...met at the Lamb, and another at the Lion ; blood and treasure-men, breathing war, vengeance, and contempt ; and in eight years afterwards, an awkward-looking... | |
 | 1841 - 432 pages
...bigotry, in refusing to listen to the reasonable demands of the American colonies, and its result: "There was a period when the slightest concession...in heroics; one set of gentlemen met at the Lamb, another at the Lion; blood and treasure men, breathing war, vengeance and contempt; and in eight years... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - American literature - 1851 - 434 pages
...illustrates its consequences by a variety of historical allusions. " There was a period," he says, "when the slightest concession would have satisfied...gentlemen met at the Lamb, and another at the Lion ; blood-and-treasure men, breathing war, vengeance, and contempt ; and in eight years afterwards, an... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 498 pages
...always considered as an idle dream of discontented politicians, good enough to fill up the periodsof a speech, but which no practical man, devoid of the...satisfied the Americans ; but all the world was in heroia; one set of gentlemen met at the Lamb, and another at the Lion: blood and treasure men, breathing... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...making any one believe that the American Colonies could ever be separated from this country. It was always considered as an idle dream of discontented...gentlemen met at the Lamb, and another at the Lion — blood-and-treasure men, breathing war, vengeance, and contempt ; and in eight years afterwards,... | |
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