...come. " Frunce has eftabiiihed the pofiibi'ity of fucceeding. Her failure, in the prefent inftance, may be attributed to the want of proportion between...of the enterprize ; and when the advantages which ftie would derive from that conqueft are considered, it is reafonable to expeft that her efforts to...

...come. " France has eftablifhed the poflibility of fucceeding. Her failure, in the prefent inftance, may be attributed to' the want of proportion between the means employed, and the magnitude of the entcrprizc ; and when Л e advan. tages which fhe would derive from that conqueft are coniidered, it...

...of the two parties could well defend the country. The failure of the French was, indeed, only due " to the want of proportion between the means employed and the magnitude of the enterprise." In the opinion of Morier, the solution lay along one or other of three lines. The first...