No blood has been shed under my command this far; and I am determined none shall be!
America is a mere bully, from one end to the other, and the Bostonians by far the greatest bullies.
In all their wars against the French they [the Americans] never showed such conduct, attention and perseverance as they do now.
Our neighbors the Hollanders may be our example in this case; who whilst we have been driving a private trade from port to port, of which we are likely now to be deprived, have conquered so much land in the East and West Indies that it may be said of them, as of the Spaniards, That the sun never sets upon their dominions.
