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" I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You cannot, I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America. "
Distinguished Men of Modern Times - Page 284
by Henry Malden - 1838
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The Pictorial History of the United States of America: From the ..., Volumes 1-4

John Frost - 1851 - 1058 pages
...honour the English troops ; I know their virtues and their valour; I know they can achieve anything except impossibilities ; and I know that the conquest...I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America." In allusion to the employment of German mercenaries to overcome the spirit of American liberty, the...
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Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine to which is Added, the ...

1851 - 560 pages
...and honor the English troops. I know their virtues and their valor. I know they can achieve anything except impossibilities; and I know that the conquest...cannot, I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America. Your armies last war effected everything that could be effected; and what was it ? It cost a numerous...
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The New American Speaker: A Collection of Oratorical and Dramatical Pieces ...

John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...the English troops than I do : I know their virtue and their valor : I know they can achieve anything except 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 worst,...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...English troops than I do; I know their virtues and their valour; I know they can achieve any thing but impossibilities; and I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You can not, my lords, you can not conqucr America. What is your present situation there 1 We do not know...
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The Speeches of the Earl of Chatham, the Hon. R.B. Sheridan, Lord Erskine ...

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 pages
...desperate state of our arms abroad is in part known : no man thinks more highly of them than I do : I love and honour the English troops : I know their...cannot, I venture to say it, you CANNOT conquer America. Your armies last war effected every thing that could be effected ; and what was it ? It cost a numerous...
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The Book of Eloquence: A Collection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from the ...

1853 - 458 pages
...and honor the English troops. I know their virtues and their valor. I know they can achieve anything except impossibilities ; and I know that the conquest...cannot, I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America. Your armies in the last war effected everything that could be effected ; and what was it ? It cost...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1853 - 972 pages
...highly of them than I do. I love and honor the English troops. I know their virtues and their valor. I know they can achieve any thing except impossibilities...conquest of English America is an impossibility. You can not, I venture to say it, you fan not conquer America. Your armies last war effected every thing...
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The Fifth, Or, Elocutionary Reader, in which the Principles of Elocution are ...

Salem Town - 1855 - 492 pages
...more highly esteems and honors the English troops than I do. I know their virtues and their valor ; I know they can achieve any thing except impossibilities...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 worst,...
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The Popular Educator, Volume 6

1855 - 424 pages
...English troops than 1 do : I know their virtues and their valour ; I know they can achieve anything but 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 worst...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1856 - 962 pages
...highly of them than I do. I love and honor the English troops. I know their virtues and their valor. oso can not, I venture to say it, you can not conquer America. Your armies last war effected every thing...
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