 Mr. Canning declared that he had called a new world into existence to redress the balance of the old. But it was long before the new States justified the boast, and it is still generally believed that in point of political and material success they contrast...  The Quarterly Review - Pagina 31geredigeerd door - 1918Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1843 - 1252 pagina’s
...force revolution upon a people unprepared for freedom. Mr Canning boasted in 1823 that he had called a new world into existence to redress the balance of the old: but in so doing he wellnigh submerged his own country. The moral laws of nature are of universal application... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1853 - 784 pagina’s
...acquisition of provinces 1823- will justify an unprovoked invasion. It sounds well to say you will call a new world into existence to redress the balance of the old ; but if that new world is to be carved out of the dominions of an allied and friendly power, it is better... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1854 - 404 pagina’s
...force revolution upon a people unprepared for freedom. Mr Canning boasted in 1823 that he had called a new world into existence to redress the balance of the old ; but in so doing he well-nigh submerged his own country. The moral laws of nature are of universal application... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 410 pagina’s
...;force revolution upon a people unprepared for freedom. Mr Canning boasted in 1823 that he had called a new world into existence to redress the balance of the old ; but in so doing he well-nigh submerged his own country. The moral laws of nature are of universal appli•... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1856 - 776 pagina’s
...acquisition of provinces \fV3. wjjj jnstify an unprovoked invasion. It sounds well to say you will call a new world into existence to redress the balance of the old ; but if that new world is to be carved out of the dominions of an allied and friendly power, it is better... | |
 | 1857 - 632 pagina’s
...the acquisition of provinces will justify an unprovoked invasion. It sounds well to say you will call a new world into existence to redress the Balance of the old ; but if that new world is to >e carved out of the dominions of an allied and friendly power, it is better... | |
 | Samuel Lucas - 1862 - 424 pagina’s
...condemn the principles of the Holy Alliance, and who honour the desire of his natural successor to call a new world into existence to redress the balance of the old. But if in all fairness we exonerate him, and in his person the diplomacy of our country, it is simply because... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1864 - 462 pagina’s
...the acquisition ci jiroviuccs will justify an unprovoked mvasion. It sounds well to say you will call a new world into existence to redress the balance of the old ; but if that new world is to be carved out of the dominions of an allied and friendly power, it is better... | |
 | Frederic Beecher Perkins - 1879 - 714 pagina’s
...Mexico, also, there were strange illusions afloat in the days when Canning boasted that he had called a new world into existence to redress the balance of the old. But what are we to say to those who were gulled by prospectuses, contractors, and Stock Exchange devices... | |
 | Edwin Munsell Bliss - 1891 - 720 pagina’s
...motive. As Canning said of his patronage of the Spanish-American revolts, Rome desired '• to call a new world into existence to redress the balance of the old." But, as pointed out by Dr. Warueck, the prime motive was the sudden enlargement of opportunity offered by... | |
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