"Ill-conceived" Quotes from Famous Books
... be a question, whether the real, as well as professed motive of the policy of Napoleon, while he directed the affairs of France, was some ill-conceived and absurd idea of the superior happiness and prosperity which France might enjoy, if placed indisputably at the head of the civilized world, and especially if elevated above the rivalship of England; but if the good of France was really his ... — Travels in France during the years 1814-1815 • Archibald Alison |