 | 1854 - 800 pages
...the extent of his territorial dominions. The only danger, be said, which he conld foresee to Russia would arise from an extension given to an empire already too large. From this general statement he presently condescended to particulars. " Close to us lies Turkey, and,... | |
 | 1854 - 908 pages
...of January, when the Emperor said — " You know the dreams and plans in which the Empress Catherine was in the habit of indulging; these were handed down...and, in our present condition, nothing better for our interests can be desired ; the times have gone by when we had anything to fear from the fanatical spirit... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1854 - 996 pages
...circumstanced in every way, that it would be unreasonable in me to desire more territory or more power than I possess ; on the contrary, I am the first to tell...and, in our present condition, nothing better for our interests can be desired ; the times have gone by when we had anything to fear from the fanatical spirit... | |
 | Francis Rawdon Chesney - 1854 - 382 pages
...unreasonable in me to desire more territory or more power than I possess. On the contrary," he observed, " our great, perhaps our only danger, is that which...an extension given to an empire already too large." A vigorous and ambitious state, replacing the Sublime Porte, might, however, render war on the part... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1854 - 952 pages
...unreasonable in me to desire more territory or more power than I possess. On the contrary,' he observed, ' our great, perhaps our only danger, is that which...an extension given to an empire already too large.' A vigorous and ambitious state, replacing the Sublime Porte, might, however, render war on the part... | |
 | Francis Rawdon Chesney - 1854 - 388 pages
...uureasonable in me to desire more territory or more power than I possess. On the contrary," he observed, " oar great, perhaps our only danger, is that which would...an extension given to an empire already too large." A vigorous and ambitious state, replacing the Sublime Porte, might, however, render war on the part... | |
 | Walter Keating Kelly - 1855 - 552 pages
...circumstanced in every way, that it would be unreasonable in me to desire more territory or more power than I possess : on the contrary, I am the first to tell...and in our present condition nothing better for our interests can be desired ; the times have gone by when we had anything to fear from the fanatical spirit... | |
 | George Fowler - 1855 - 358 pages
...circumstanced in even' way, that it would be unreasonable in me to desire more territory or more power than I possess ; on the contrary, I am the first to tell...perhaps our only danger is, that which would arise from the extension of an empire already too large. " Close to us lies Turkey, and in our present condition,... | |
 | John Wade - 1856 - 862 pages
...circumstanced in every way, that it would be unreasonable in me to desire more territory or more power than I possess : on the contrary, I am the first to tell...an extension given to an empire already too large." — Letter of Sir G. II. Seymour to Lord J. Russcll, Jan. 22. 1853. Secret Correspondence, Parl. Papers,... | |
 | Alexander William Kinglake - 1863 - 618 pages
...eireum"stanced in every way, that it would be unreason"able in me to desire more territory or more power "than I possess; on the contrary, I am the first to "tell...and in our present "condition nothing better for our interests can be " desired. The times have gone by when we had any" thing to fear from the fanatical... | |
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On the contrary, my country is so vast, so happily circumstanced in every way, that it would be unreasonable in me to desire more territory or more power than I possess ; on the contrary, I am the first to tell you that our great, perhaps our only danger,... 
