 To suppose that any nation was unalterably the enemy of another was weak and childish. It had neither its foundation in the experience of nations nor in the history of man. It was a libel on the constitution of political...  The Foreign Quarterly Review - Page 911837Full view - About this book
 | Oratory - 1808 - 546 pages
...construction. " Considering the treaty in its political view, he should not hesitate to contend .against the too frequently advanced doctrine, that France was, and must be, the unalterable enemy of Britain. His mind revolted from this position as monstrous and impossible. To suppose that any natipn... | |
 | William Pitt, W. S. Hathaway - Great Britain - 1808 - 496 pages
...Considering the treaty in its political view, he should not hesitate to contend against the too-frequently advanced doctrine, that France was, and must be, the unalterable enemy of Britain. His mind revolted from this position as monstrous and impossible. . To suppose that any nation... | |
 | John Gifford, John Richards Green - 1809 - 582 pages
...the political effects of the treaty, Mr. Pitt contended against, what he called, the too-frequently advanced doctrine, that France was, and must be, the...revolted from this position as monstrous and impossible. To suppose that any nation could be unalterably the enemy of another was weak and childish. Such a... | |
 | William Pitt - 1806 - 488 pages
...Considering the treaty in its political view, he should not hesitate to contend against the too-frequently advanced doctrine, that France was, and must be, the unalterable enemy of Britain. His mind revolted from this position as monstruous and impossible. To suppose that any nation... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Commercial law - 1824 - 1090 pages
...Considering the treaty," he continued, " in a political view, he should not hesitate to contend against the too frequently advanced doctrine, that France was and must be the unalterable enemy of Britain : his mind revolted from this position, as monstrous and impossible. To suppose that any nation... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Commerce - 1833 - 144 pages
...the treaty,' he continued, ' in a political point of view, he should not hesitate to contend against the too frequently advanced doctrine, that France was, and must be, the unalterable enemy of Britain. To suppose that any nation was unalterably the enemy of another, was weak and childish. It... | |
 | Black and Armstrong - 1837 - 492 pages
...placing the two countries upon a more friendly footing. This was the commercial treaty of 1786, intended to produce an interchange of commodities upon fair...arguedf that " France was the natural political enemy of G real Britain." This enmity he traced to " her invariable and ardent desire to hold the sway of Europe,"... | |
 | Emer de Vattel, Edward Duncan Ingraham - International law - 1852 - 670 pages
...Considering the treaty," he continued, " in a political view, he should not hesitate to contend against the too frequently advanced doctrine, that France was and must be the unalterable enemy of Britain ; his mind revolted from this position as monstrous and impossible. To suppose that any nation... | |
 | Emer de Vattel - International law - 1852 - 666 pages
...Considering the treaty," he continued, " in a political view, he should not hesitate to contend against the too frequently advanced doctrine, that France was and must be the unalterable enemy of Britain ; his mind revolted from this position as monstrous and impossible. To suppose that any nation... | |
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