 | 1839 - 618 pages
...or am to quit it, 1 shall do my best to insure its success; and you may depend upon it that I shall not hurry the operations, or commence them one moment...order that I may acquire the credit of the success.' — Vol. ix. p. 55. These noble sentiments are immediately followed by another passage, which is also... | |
 | Basil Jackson - 1840 - 548 pages
...or am to quit it, I shall do my best to insure its success ; and you may depend upon it that I shall not hurry the operations, or commence them one moment...Portuguese troops, which might be easily raised at any period ; and 20,000 British, including 4000 or 5000 cavalry. This army might operate on the frontiers... | |
 | sir James Edward Alexander - 1840 - 534 pages
...or am to quit it, I shall do my best to ensure its success ; and you may depend upon it that I shall not hurry the operations or commence them one moment...Portugal, consisting of 30,000 Portuguese troops, and 20,000 British, including 4000 or 5000 cavalry. This army might operate on the frontiers of Portugal... | |
 | Basil Jackson, Charles Rochfort Scott - Great Britain - 1840 - 546 pages
...or am to quit it, I shall do my best to insure its success ; and you may depend upon it that I shall not hurry the operations, or commence them one moment...will employ me hereafter, whether here or elsewhere. minion is, that Great Britain ought to raise, organize', r an army in Portugal, consisting of 30,000... | |
 | English periodicals - 1840 - 706 pages
...not, or am to quit it, I shall do my best to secure its success ; and you may depend upon it, I shall not hurry the operations, or commence them one moment...order that I may acquire the credit of the success." Very fortunately for his Grace, the actual supersession did not take place for five weeks after, so... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1842 - 1008 pages
...or am to quit it, I shall do my best to insure its success ; and you may depend upon it that I shall not hurry the operations, or commence them one moment...the success. The government will determine for me what way they will employ me hereafter, whether here or elsewhere. My opinion is, that Great Britain... | |
 | 1842 - 840 pages
...or am to quit it, I shall do my best to insure its success ; and you may depend upon it that I shall not hurry the operations, or commence them one moment...order that I may acquire the credit of the success." — Lctterto Visc&mt Castlereagh, dutput 1st, 1808. — Wfllington'i Despatches, vol. iv. p. 55. 1842.J... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1843 - 1154 pages
...or am to quit it, I shall do my best to insure its success ; and you may depend on it that I shall not hurry the operations, or commence them one moment...for me in what way they will employ me hereafter, either here or elsewhere." When asked by an intimate friend, after his return, how he, who had commanded... | |
 | Andrew Redman Bonar - 1845 - 472 pages
...superseded or not, I shall do my best to ensure its hnccess ; and you may 'depend upon it that I shall not hurry the operations, or commence them one moment...commenced, in order that I may acquire the credit of the BUCThe government will determine for me, in what way they will employ me hereafter ; whether here or... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1847 - 418 pages
...or am to quit it, I shall do my best to insure its success ; and you may depend on it that I shall not hurry the operations, or commence them one moment...for me in what way they will employ me hereafter, either here or elsewhere." When asked by an intimate friend, after his return, how he, who had commanded... | |
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All that I can say upon the subject is, that whether I am to command the army or not, or am to quit it, I shall do my best to insure its success ; and you may depend upon it that I shall not hurry the operations, or commence them one moment sooner than... 
