Holding in utter contempt the threats of Captain Parker, Lee continued his march; and, in a letter [17] to congress, represented in such strong terms the impolicy of leaving the military arrangements for New ❋ John Marshall (1795)
You spoke of the duties a Frenchman owed to France, and the 'impolicy' of remaining aloof from all public employment on the part of those attached to the Legitimist cause. " ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)
Charles of Burgundy, a person likely to resent to the utmost the deeds of that night, had an alarming sound, and the extreme impolicy of at once quarrelling with the Liegeois and provoking the Monarch of France, made an appalling impression on their minds, confused as their intellects were. ❋ Unknown (2008)
It is not the province of the court to decide upon the justice or injustice, the policy or impolicy, of these laws. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Sets forth the folly, the inconvenience, the impolicy of KEEPING, and the preference of MARRIAGE, upon the foot of their own principles, as libertines. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Beginning with a fair show of justice on either side, the masters stultified their cause by obstinate impolicy, and the men disgraced their order by acts of outrage. ❋ Unknown (2005)
I spoke to him about the impolicy of treatment we had received at his hands, and quoted the example of the Bangalas, who had been conquered by the Portuguese, for their extortionate demands of payment for firewood, grass, water, etc., and concluded by denying his right to any payment for simply passing through uncultivated land. ❋ Unknown (2004)
But she saw the veil he had spread over his resentment, and, his assumed tranquillity only alarming her more, she urged, at length, the impolicy of forcing an interview with Montoni, and of taking any measure, which might render their separation irremediable. ❋ Unknown (2004)
'I know there has been no impolicy in protracting his absence thus far: it is good to let the mill stand, while trade is so bad; but he must not abandon the county.' ❋ Unknown (2004)
Colony we are endeavouring to establish; and some have not been wanting to pronounce the scheme big with folly, impolicy, and ruin. ❋ Unknown (2003)
It was with astonishment that I reflected upon the impolicy of having preferred Aden to this place. ❋ Unknown (2003)
In discussing therefore the present question, we must lay aside the peculiar argument relating to the nature of corn; and allowing that it is possible to encourage cultivation by corn laws, we must direct our chief attention to the question of the policy or impolicy of such a system. ❋ Unknown (2002)
The determination of the question, respecting the policy or impolicy of continuing the corn laws, seems to depend upon the three following points: — ❋ Unknown (2002)
The two “were perfectly agreed” that the debts of states that were still outstanding should be assumed by the national government, when and if it was reformed; they also agreed that the specifics should be kept out of the Constitution, “from the impolicy of multiplying obstacles to its reception.” ❋ Richard Brookhiser (1999)
Nelson found Commodore Linzee at Tunis, where he had been sent to expostulate with the dey upon the impolicy of his supporting the revolutionary government of France. ❋ Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 (1993)
The viceroy, Sir Gilbert Elliott, deeply felt the impolicy and ignominy of this evacuation. ❋ Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 (1993)
The impolicy of their conduct is so obvious, that men who agree with them as to all their leading principles, not only stand aloof from their measures, but unhesitatingly condemn their conduct. ❋ E. N. [Editor] Elliott (N/A)
