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The main object of his life was to draw for his countrymen a neverto - be -
forgotten picture of English history from the accession of James II to a time within
the memory of men now living . ' In so far as life was allowed him he achieved his
object ...
The main object of his life was to draw for his countrymen a neverto - be -
forgotten picture of English history from the accession of James II to a time within
the memory of men now living . ' In so far as life was allowed him he achieved his
object ...
Page 343
The specific object which he set before him was to seize the Channel ports , and
then , having obtained control over the coast - line opposite England , to throw
the navy into the war with greater energy than was in fact ever done . He was ...
The specific object which he set before him was to seize the Channel ports , and
then , having obtained control over the coast - line opposite England , to throw
the navy into the war with greater energy than was in fact ever done . He was ...
Page 344
There is one great rule in these matters : limit your objects at each moment to
what can practicably be obtained ; do not dissipate your strength ; if the pursuit of
an object of great importance necessarily leads to antagonism with another
nation ...
There is one great rule in these matters : limit your objects at each moment to
what can practicably be obtained ; do not dissipate your strength ; if the pursuit of
an object of great importance necessarily leads to antagonism with another
nation ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, 234. köide |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1920 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 okt. 2005 |
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