 | John Clark Marshman - 1853 - 80 sivua
...course of events shall establish a real necessity for advance, then let us advance — let us fulfil the destiny which there, as elsewhere, will have compelled us forward, in spite of our wishes, and let us reconcile ourselves to a course which will then have no alternative. Having made every honest... | |
 | William Ferguson Beatson Laurie - 1854 - 594 sivua
...of events shall establish a real necessity for advance, then let us advance, — let us fulfil the destiny which there, as elsewhere, will have compelled us forward in spite of our own wishes, and let us reconcile ourselves to a course which will then have no alternative. Having... | |
 | Richard Cobden - 1867 - 460 sivua
...revenue, we must in that case expect to hear of " exhausted cash balances, and re-opened loans." j" Yet it is not a little perplexing to find, in the teeth...will have compelled us forward in spite of our wishes :"^ or, in plain English, let us take the whole of Burmah, even if it should prove ruinous to our finances,... | |
 | Richard Cobden - 1867 - 466 sivua
...revenue, we must in that case expect to hear of " exhausted cash balances, and re-opened loans."f Yet it is not a little perplexing to find, in the teeth...will have compelled us forward in spite of our wishes :"| or, in plain English, let us take the whole of Burmah, even if it should prove ruinous to our finances,... | |
 | Richard Cobden - 1878 - 440 sivua
...teeth of all these solemn disavowals of a desire for seizing more territory, that the GovernorGeneral's policy aims directly at the annexation of Pegu, and...destiny. Now, if we are to have credit for the sincerity for all this, what will be said of its statesmanship ? I put aside the pretence of " destiny," which... | |
 | William Ferguson Beatson Laurie - 1885 - 556 sivua
...of events shall establish a real necessity for advance, then let us advance, — let us fulfil the destiny which there, as elsewhere, will have compelled us forward in spite of our own wishes, and let Us reconcile ourselves to a course which will then have no alternative. Having... | |
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Yet it is not a little perplexing to find, in the teeth of all these solemn disavowals of a desire for seizing more territory, that the Governor- General's policy aims directly at the annexation of Pegu, and will admit of no other terms ; and if " a real... 