 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...When Buckingham urged the inevitable destruction which hung over the United Provinces, and asked him whether he did not see that the commonwealth was ruined,...which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin — / will die in the last ditch.' HUME. History of England. 1672. ' No one is a hero to his valet.'... | |
 | Literature - 1870 - 444 pages
...that the United Provinces were irremediably ruined, the Prince replied, " There is one certain means by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin — I will die in the last ditch." 18. " There is no crime under high heaven that so stains the soul of man as damned assassination."... | |
 | 1872 - 598 pages
...When Buckingham urged the inevitable destruction which hung over the United Provinces, and asked him whether he did not see that the commonwealth was ruined,...country's ruin — I will die in the last ditch.." Why does a bottle or jug gurgle when liquid is freely poured from it ? Oseola. On account of the pressure... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1872 - 822 pages
...When Buckingham urged the inevitable destruction which hung over the United Provinces, and asked him whether he did not see that the commonwealth was ruined/"...country's ruin — I will die in the last ditch." Louis, finding that his enemies gathered courage behind their inundations, and that no farther success... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1873 - 812 pages
...When Buckingham urged the inevitable destruction which hung over the United Provinces, and asked him whether he did not see that the commonwealth was ruined,...my country's ruin —I will die in the last ditch." Louis, finding that his enemies gathered courage behind their inundations, arid that no farther success... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1873 - 820 pages
...When Buckingham urged the inevitable destruction which hung over the United Provinces, and asked him whether he did not see that the commonwealth was ruined,...country's ruin — I will die in the last ditch." Louis, finding that his enemies gathered courage behind their inundations, and that no farther success... | |
 | Philip Smith - Great Britain - 1873 - 408 pages
...the people were again united in defence of their independence. " There is one certain means," said the prince, " by which I can be sure never to see my country's rum— I will die in the last ditch." In the following campaign a coalition between the empire, Spain,... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...When Buckingham urged the inevitable destruction which hung over the United Provinces, and asked him whether he did not see that the Commonwealth was ruined,...which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin, — / will die in the last ditch." Hume, History of England. 1672. A Rowland for an Oliver. These were... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...When Buckingham urged the inevitable destruction which hung over the United Provinces, and asked him whether he did not see that the Commonwealth was ruined,...never to see my country's ruin, — I -will die in (he last dilch." — Hume, History of England. 1672. A Rowland for an Oliver. These were two of the... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1876 - 1148 pages
...the cause of the Provinces as their ruin was inevitable, " There is one certain means," he replied, " by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin ; I will die in the last ditch." The affairs of the Provinces, under the guidance of their young hero, soon assumed a brighter aspect. A... | |
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When Buckingham urged the inevitable destruction which hung over the United Provinces, and asked him whether he did not see that the commonwealth was ruined, " There is one certain means," replied the prince, " by which I can be sure never to see my country's... 
