 I am one of those who have probably passed a longer period of my life engaged in war than most men, and principally, I may say, in civil war ; and I must say this — that if I could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil war in the...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 3381829Full view - About this book
 | 1829 - 828 pages
...EDITOR, — The following sophism is from the copious store of his Grace of Wellington himself: — I am one of those who have probably passed a longer...life engaged in war than most men, and principally in civil war; and I must say this, that if I could avoid, BY ANY SACRIFICE WHATEVER, even one month... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1829 - 1008 pages
...putting it down, I should certainly have considered it my duty to avoid resorting to those means. I am one of those who have probably passed a longer...even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to do it [cheers]. I say that there is nothing which... | |
 | sir James Edward Alexander - 1840 - 620 pages
...alluded, in a strain of solemn and deep pathos, to his feelings upon the prospect of a civil war:—" I am one of those who have probably passed a longer...principally I may say in civil war; and I must say this,—that if I could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil war in the country... | |
 | Sunday school teachers - 1852 - 580 pages
...war than mr UNIOK MAGAZINE.] 2 B [JDECEMBER, 1S5' men, and principally, I may say, in civil war too ; and I must say this, that if I could avoid, by any...one month of civil war, in the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to do it." But in " fighting the good fight of faith,"... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1846 - 738 pages
...putting it down, I should certainly have considered it my duty to avoid resorting to those means. I am one of those who have probably passed a longer...any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil war to the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to doit: (cheers.) I say... | |
 | Theology - 1852 - 782 pages
...exemption from its terrors. " My lords, I am one of those who have probably passed more of my life in war than most men, and principally, I may say, in civil war too ; and I must say this, that if I could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil... | |
 | Young people - 1852 - 1020 pages
...senate of this nation he said, " My Lonls, I am one of those who have probably passed more of my life in war than most men, and principally, I may say, in civil war, too; and I must say this, that if 1 could •void, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley (1st duke of Wellington.), Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1852 - 204 pages
...have probably passed more of my life in war than most men, and principally, I may say, civil war too, and I must say this, that if I could avoid, by any...even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to do it. OPINION OF WAR. In an interview with Mr.... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Generals - 1852 - 562 pages
...who have passed more of my life in war than most men, and principally, I may say, in civil war too ; and I must say this, that if I could avoid, by any...even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to do it." The tempest now burst forth in all its might... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Generals - 1852 - 562 pages
...absolutely necessary. But I say that noninterference is the rule, and interference the exception. I am one of those who have, probably, passed a longer...life engaged in war than most men, and principally in civil war ; and I must say this, that if I could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month... | |
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