 ... begin a long and barren war, I found myself in face of Europe in arms, ready either to dispute our successes or to aggravate our reverses. Nevertheless, the difficulty of the enterprise would not have shaken my resolution, if the means had not been...  The Percy Family: The Baltic to Vesuvius - Page 246by Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1868 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1859 - 670 pages
...proportion to so desirable an end! These disproportionate means were the fruits of another discovery : " It was necessary to crush boldly the obstacles opposed...was necessary to fortify ourselves openly with the aid of revolution. It was necessary to go on shedding precious blood, which had- already flowed too... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - France - 1860 - 586 pages
...of proportion to the results to be expected. It was necessary to crush boldly the obstacles opposed, and then to accept a conflict on the .Rhine as well as on tho Adige. It was necessary to fortify ourselves openly with the concurrence of revolution. It was... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie - History, Modern - 1880 - 496 pages
...widen, and he " found himself in face of Europe in arms." In especial, he had either to close the war or "to accept a conflict on the Rhine as well as on the Adige." As subsequent events showed, he had done enough. What was wanting to the complete deliverance of Italy... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - France - 1882 - 676 pages
...shaken my resolution if the means had not been out of proportion to the results to be expected. BOOK It was necessary to crush boldly the obstacles opposed...then to accept a conflict on the Rhine as well as the Adige. It was necessary to fortify ourselves openly with the concurrence of revolution. It was... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - France - 1882 - 706 pages
...shaken my resolution if the means had not been out of proportion to the results to be expected. BOOK It was necessary to crush boldly the obstacles opposed...territories, and then to accept a conflict on the Ehine as well as the Adige. It was necessary to fortify ourselves openly with the concurrence of revolution.... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - France - 1882 - 690 pages
...successes or to aggravate our reverses. BOOK It was necessary to crush boldly the obstacles oppose! -—r^ by neutral territories, and then to accept a conflict on the Rhine as well as the Adige. It was necessary to fortify ourselves openly with the concurrence of revolution. It was... | |
 | Imbert de Saint-Amand - France - 1900 - 384 pages
...determine on breaking through the obstacles opposed by the neutral territories, and then to accept war on the Rhine as well as on the Adige. It was necessary, above all, to avail one's self frankly of the support of the revolution. It was necessary to shed more... | |
 | Robert Holmes Edleston - France - 1908 - 176 pages
...determine on breaking through the obstacles opposed by the neutral territories, and then to accept war on the Rhine as well as on the Adige. It was necessary, above all, to avail one's self frankly of the support of the revolution. It was necessary to shed more... | |
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