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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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Principles of elocution

William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your present situation there I We do not know the worst ; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much. You may swell every expense, accumulate every assistance, and extend your traffic to...
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The Moral and Intellectual School Book: Containing Instructions for Reading ...

William Martin - 1838 - 368 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 expense, accumulate every assistance, and extend your traffic to...
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Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Volume 4

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1840 - 626 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 force *; the best appointed...
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The Monthly chronicle; a national journal, Volume 5

1840 - 582 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 force (General Burgoyne's...
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Correspondence of William Pitt, Volume 4

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1840 - 628 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 force *; the best appointed...
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The Pictorial History of England During the Reign of George the Third: Being ...

George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1841 - 834 pages
...say it, 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 force (Burgoyne's), the best...
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Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added, the ...

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1841 - 548 pages
...lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your present situation there 1 We do not know the worst; but we know, that in three campaigns we have done nothing and suflered much. Besides the suflerings, perhaps total lnss, of the northern force ; the best appointed...
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The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King ..., Volume 2

John Adolphus - 1841 - 690 pages
...it, 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. Conquest is impossible : you may swell every " expense, and every effort still more...
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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...cannot, conquer America. | What is- your present situa'tion there 1 \ We do not know the worst ; | but we know ] that in three campaigns we have done noth'ing, and suffered much,. | You may swell every expense', accumulate every assis'tance, | and extend your traffic...
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The United States Speaker, a Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ...

John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 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 expense, and strain every effort, accumulate every assistance, and...
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