Life of Napoleon Bonaparte IV

By (author)Walter Scott

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Yet the British administration, while they had thus embraced a broader and more adventurous, but at the same time a far wiser system of conducting the war, showed in one most important instance, that they, or a part of them, were not entirely free from the ancient prejudices, which had so long rendered vain the efforts of Britain in favour of the liberties of the world.


 



The general principle was indeed adopted, that the expeditions of Britain should be directed where they could do the cause of Europe the most benefit, and the interests of Napoleon the greatest harm; but still there remained a lurking wish that they could be so directed, as, at the same time, to acquire some peculiar and separate advantage to England, and to secure the accomplishment of what was called a British object.

Some of the English ministers might thus be said to resemble the ancient converts from Judaism, who, in embracing the Christian faith, still held themselves bound by the ritual, and fettered by the prejudices of the Jewish people, separated as they were from the rest of mankind.


 

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Paperback: 556 pages
Publisher: Omnia Veritas Ltd (26 Nov. 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1910220825
ISBN-13: 978-1910220825
Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 2.9 x 22.9 cm

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