 | George Robert Gleig - British - 1835 - 378 pages
...them my friends, in spite of Mohamed Ally, the most treacherous of men. The defeat of many Bailies and Braithwaites will not destroy them. I can ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea; and I must be first weary of a war in which I • can gain nothing... | |
 | Benjamin Lewis Rice - Mysore (India) - 1897 - 892 pages
...dissatisfaction, but not sufficient cause for war, and I might have made them my friends in spite of Muhammad Ali, the most treacherous of men. The defeat of many Baillies...will not destroy them. I can ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea ; and I must be the f1rst to weary of a war in which I can gain nothing... | |
 | Benjamin Lewis Rice - Karnataka (India) - 1897 - 900 pages
...dissatisfaction, but not sufficient cause for war, and I might have made them my friends in spite of Muhammad Ali, the most treacherous of men. The defeat of many Baillies...will not destroy them. I can ruin their resources by lanti, but I cannot dry up the sea ; and I must be the first to weary of a war in which I can gain... | |
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the most treacherous of men. The defeat of many Baillies and Braithwaites will not destroy them. I can ruin their resources by 