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" Contemplating Spain, such as our ancestors had known her, I resolved that if France had Spain, it should not be Spain ' with the Indies.' I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old. "
Nugae Criticae: Occasional Papers Written at the Seaside - Page 414
by Sir John Skelton - 1862 - 492 pages
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The Political Life of the Right Honourable George Canning: From ..., Volume 3

Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1831 - 516 pages
...which must next be examined has no greater claims to fairness than the first. In the declaration " I called the New " World into existence to redress the balance of " the Old," the impartial opticks of Mr. Canning's accuser could discern nothing but the vain-glorious folly of an...
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The Political Life of the Right Honourable George Canning, from ..., Volume 3

Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1831 - 518 pages
...which must next be examined has no greater claims to fairness than the first. In the declaration " I called the New " World into existence to redress the balance of " the Old," the impartial opticks of Mr. Canning's accuser could discern nothing but the vain-glorious folly of an...
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The Monthly Review

1831 - 660 pages
...upon the claims of Mr. Canning as a statesman, to the honour of having, in his own fine phraseology, " called the new world into existence to redress the balance of the old," the enemies of his fame, — and they were neither few nor generous, — endeavoured to detract from his...
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Some Memorials of John Hampden: His Party and His Times

George Nugent Grenville Baron Nugent - 1854 - 474 pages
...' had known her, I resolved, that if France had Spain, it should not be ' Spain " with the Indies." I called the New World into existence to ' redress the balance of the old.' The comment of Arguelles on this celebrated avowal will doubtless interest the reader. Writing to Lord...
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George Canning and His Times

Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1859 - 644 pages
...that memorable night. He positively electrified his audience when he uttered those striking words, ' I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old.' The whole House were moved as if an electric shock had passed through them; they all rose for a moment...
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1859 - 890 pages
...question in 1825, when he positively electrified his audience, as he uttered those memorable words, " I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old." "The whole house* were moved as if an electric shock had passed through them ; they all rose for a moment...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 60

1859 - 806 pages
...ancestors had known her, I resolved that if France had Spain, it should not be Spain 'with the Indies.' I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old. The effect which this memorable speech produced on the House of Commons is admitted, both by friend* and...
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George Canning and His Times

Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1859 - 648 pages
...that memorable night. He positively electrified his audience when he uttered those striking words, ' I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old.' The whole House were moved as if an electric shock had passed through them; they all rose for a moment...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 55

1860 - 910 pages
...and in America" — revolutions which gave rise to Canning's famous piece of clap-trap, that he had called the new world into existence to redress the balance of the old. The fourth volume is entitled V. " The Repression of the Revolutions in Italy and Spain." At intervals...
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Popular History of England, Volume 8

Charles Knight - 1862 - 738 pages
...with " an attitude so majestic that he seemed actually to have increased in stature," exclaimed, " I called the New "World into existence to redress the balance of the Old." The representative governments of Europe which had arisen out of the dust and ashes of Napoleon's tyranny...
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