 | Biography - 1805 - 664 pages
...because he did not think it worth the risk of a war, in ' which he might, perhaps, be considered as the aggressor, and by • which he should lose more than...Turkish empire, or by some arrangement with the Porte.' "Asa proof of his desire to maintain p«ace, he wished to know what he had to gain by going to war... | |
 | Jean-Gabriel Peltier, James Adams - Ambigu - 1803 - 494 pages
...because he did not think " it worth the risk of a war, in which he might, " perhaps, be considered as the aggressor, and " by which he should lose more than...Turkish empire, or by some arrangement " with the Porte •" and his honest minister Talleyrand, with equal frankness confessed, that * Letter from Lord Whitworth... | |
 | 1805 - 676 pages
...because he did not think it worth the risk of a war, in * which he might, perhaps, be considered as the aggressor, and by • which he should lose more than...belong to France, either by the falling to pieces c of the Turkish empire, or by some arrangement with the Porte.' " As a proof of his desire to maintain... | |
 | Granville Penn - Great Britain - 1805 - 360 pages
...that conference, Buonaparte had the assurance to declare, in these express terms of defiance, that, " sooner " or later, Egypt would belong to France ;...falling to pieces of the Turkish Empire, or by some (f arrangement with the Porte." — Papers relative to the Discussion with France, No. 38. •f- This... | |
 | Gustav Graf von Schlabrendorf - France - 1806 - 468 pages
...uphold. " Sooner or later"— These, Citizen Consul, are jour ow.n words, " Sooner or later Egypt will belong to France, " either by the falling to pieces...empire, or by some arrangement with the " Porte." I now summon you in the presence of all Europe, before whose tribunal you have drawn us, and ask, On... | |
 | J. W. Robertson - 1815 - 850 pages
...which he might perhaps be considered as the aggressor, and by which he should lose more than he should gain, since sooner or later Egypt would belong to...France, either by the falling to pieces of the Turkish Etttpire, or by some arrangement with the Porte. As a proof of his desire to maintain peace, he wished... | |
 | William B. Hewetson - 1816 - 572 pages
...25,000 men to Aboukir, but he did not think it \\orth the risk of a war, as Egypt, sooner or later, would belong to France, either by the falling to pieces of the Turkish empire; or by au arrangement with the Porte. He asked what he should gain by going to war with England ( he had no... | |
 | Hewson Clarke - Europe - 1816 - 874 pages
...perhaps, be . considered as the aggressor, and by which he. should lote nutre than he could gain, sine c, sooner or later, Egypt would belong to France, either...pieces of the Turkish empire, or by some arrangement ivith the Porte. " As a proof of his desire to maintain peare, he wished to know what he had to jçain... | |
 | Edward Baines - Europe - 1818 - 582 pages
...which he might, perhaps, be considered as the aggressor, end by which he should hie more than he should gain, since, sooner or later, Egypt would belong to France, either by the falling in pieces of the Turkish empire, or by some an-atigement n'ith the Porte. " As a proof of his desire... | |
 | Robert Bisset - Great Britain - 1820 - 672 pages
...do, because he did not think it worth the risk of a war, in which he might perhaps be considered the aggressor, and by which he should lose more than he...Turkish empire, or by some arrangement with the Porte. He demanded in the most peremptory manner, the evacuation of Malta, or the renewal of war, threatening... | |
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... gain, since sooner or later Egypt would belong to France, either by the falling to pieces of the Turkish Empire, or by some arrangement with the Porte. 
