 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - France - 1816 - 518 pages
...will not compromise the military character of my own countrymen. But, as an Englishman, I will not be witness to their triumphs ; as a lover of liberty,...any one wishing to quit the capital or the country. I regret much that I shall not stay to hear the report of the minister of the interior, which is to... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse (baron Broughton.) - 1816 - 518 pages
...character of my own countrymen. But, as an Englishman, I will not be witness to their triumphs ; as a Jover of liberty, I would not be a spectator of their reverses....any one wishing to quit the capital or the country. I regret much that I shall not stay to hear the report of the minister of the interior, which is to... | |
 | John Goldworth Alger - France - 1904 - 360 pages
...military character of my own countrymen; but as an Englishman I cannot be witness of their triumph; as a lover of liberty I would not be a spectator of their reverses,' This was an utterance published after the event. Perhaps Hobhouse at the time, like Byron, was nevertheless... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Broughton (1st baron) - Europe - 1910 - 380 pages
...will not compromise the military character of my own countrymen. But, as an Englishman, I will not be witness to their triumphs ; as a lover of liberty,...their reverses. I leave Paris tomorrow. The police and Minister for Foreign Affairs signed my passport for Geneva at the first demand ; and, as I learn, no... | |
 | Lord Broughton - 1910 - 406 pages
...will not compromise the military character of my own countrymen. But, as an Englishman, I will not be witness to their triumphs; as a lover of liberty,...their reverses. I leave Paris tomorrow. The police and Minister for Foreign Affairs signed my passport for Geneva at the first demand ; and, as I learn, no... | |
 | Francis John MacCunn - 1914 - 328 pages
...not compromise the military character of my countrymen; but as an Englishman I will not be witness of their triumphs; as a lover of liberty, I would not be a spectator of their reverses." He certainly was no more unpatriotic than Homer, whose sympathy with invaded peoples made him desire... | |
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... my regret that that cause has not fallen into hands so pure as to command unqualified support, I cannot help wishing that the French may meet with as much success as will not compromise the military character of my own countrymen. But, as an Englishman,... 