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" America is an impossibility. You cannot, my lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your present situation there ? We do not know the worst; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing and suffered much. "
Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: And ... - Page 149
by John Almon - 1792
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 2

John Almon - Great Britain - 1793 - 542 pages
...Frenchmen from French ' America. My 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 - Great Britain - 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 extend your...
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Memoirs of the Reign of George III. to the Session of Parliament ..., Volume 1

William Belsham - Great Britain - 1796 - 504 pages
...lords, you CANNOT conquer America. What is your prefent fituation there ? We do not know the worji : tut 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 extend yourtraffic...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1797 - 440 pages
...Lords, you cannot conquer * Sir Jeffcry (now Lord) AmberJI. America. What is your prefent fituatkm there? We do not know the worft; but we know, that...Befides the fufferings, perhaps total lofs, of the Northerh force*; the befi appointed army that ever took the field commanded by Sir William Howe, has...
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Miscellaneous Works of Hugh Boyd: The Author of the Letters of Junius, Volume 1

Hugh Boyd - Great Britain - 1800 - 638 pages
...Frenchmen from French America. — My Lords.YOU CANNOT CONQUERAMERICA. — What is your prefent fituation there ? we do not know the worft ; but we know that...nothing, and fuffered much. Befides the fufferings, * Sir Jeffery (now Lord) Amherft. . \ VOL. i. u perhaps perhaps total lofs, of the Northern force*...
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The History of England: From the Accession of King George the ..., Volume 3

John Adolphus - Great Britain - 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 British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 2

Oratory - 1808 - 546 pages
...lords,you CANNOT conquer America. What is your present situation there ? We do not know the worst, but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much. You may swell every expence, and strain every effort, accumulate every assistance, and...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 5

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...lords, you cannot conquet America. What is your present situation there? We do not know the worst ; but we know, that in three campaigns we have done nothing and suffered much. Besides the sufferings, perhaps total loss, of the northern force t ; the^ best appointed...
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The history of England, from the accession of George iii to 1783, Volume 3

John Adolphus - 1810 - 544 pages
...'impoflibility. You cannot, I . venture to fay it, you cannot conquer America. What is your prefent fituation there ? We do not know the worft; but we know that...campaigns we have done nothing, and fuffered much. Conqueft is impoffible: you may fwell every expenfe, and every effort ftill more extravagantly; pile...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1810 - 378 pages
...Lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your present situation there ? We do not know the worst ; but we know, that in three campaigns we have done nothing and suffered much. Besides the sufferings, perhaps total loss, of the Northern forcef ; the best appointed...
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