 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847 - Počet stránok 744
...and, above all, to fix Windham to engage him to approve it on his legs in the House of Commons."—" January 20. Called on Lord Loughborough. He returned...disposed for war, which might not be the case six weeks hence."—"January 21. News of the sentence of death being pronounced on the King of France. Called... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - Počet stránok 528
...and, above all, to fix Windham to engage him to approve it on his legs in the House of Commons."-—" January 20. Called on Lord Loughborough. He returned...that we might possess ourselves of the French Islands j* that the nation now was disposed for war, which might not be the case six weeks hence." — (( January... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1857 - Počet stránok 410
...meet Pitt by appointment. He stayed with him about an hour and a half, and then came back to me. Ha told me war was a decided measure ; that Pitt saw...that we might possess ourselves of the French Islands ;b that the nation now was disposed for war, which might not be the case six weeks hence." — "January... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1861 - Počet stránok 654
...Loughborough had an interview of an hour and a half with Pitt ; and he reported to Malmesbury that war was a decided measure ; that Pitt saw it was inevitable...ourselves of the French islands ; that the nation was disposed for war ; that we were in much greater forwardness than the French ; that he had two millions... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1861 - Počet stránok 622
...interview- with lord Loughborough, on the 20th of January, 1793, Mr. Pitt said that the sooner the war was begun the better, — " that we might possess ourselves of the French islands." The French islands offered a paltry prize to be gained by such a tremendous risk. The "West India islands... | |
 | John Martin Vincent - 1909 - Počet stránok 670
...Malmesbury, Diaries and Correspondence II, 5o1. Malmesbury recorded that Loughborough told him " that war was a decided measure; that Pitt saw it was inevitable,...possess ourselves of the French islands, that the nation was now disposed for war, etc." Loughborough came from a conversation with Pitt directly to Malmesbury.... | |
 | David V. Erdman - 1991 - Počet stránok 628
...the execution of Louis, Pitt told his new High Chancellor that "war was a decided meosure, that ... it was inevitable, and that the sooner it was begun...we might possess ourselves of the French Islands. . . ." Diaries and Correspondence of the First Earl of Malmesbury, London, 1844, n, 5OI, *4 E.i0:24-31:... | |
 | Jeremy Black - 1994 - Počet stránok 578
...for government policy. 126 Returning to Malmesbury's house on the 20th, Loughborough told him that' war was a decided measure; that Pitt saw it was inevitable, and that the sooner it was begun the better'. The favourable state of public opinion, the prospect of gaining the French West Indies, the buoyancy... | |
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He told me war was a decided measure ; that Pitt saw it was inevitable, and that the sooner it was begun the better — that we might possess ourselves of the French Islands*; that the nation now was disposed for war, which might not be the case six weeks... 