As to the French, they paralyse all military operations.

They regard us as an inferior race, and act as if, with their own five or six thousand troops, they could defeat all the power of England.

It is heartbreaking seeing our chances so wasted.
"Had advantage been taken of the enthusiasm excited when King James landed; had he himself been wise and prudent, disinterested for himself, and desirous of obtaining the affections of all classes; and had he brought with him none of these French adventurers, he would, long ere this, have been undisputed King of Ireland from end to end, and we should have stood as one people in arms, ready to oppose ourselves to any force that England could send against us.

Never were chances so frittered away, never such a succession of blunders and folly.

It is enough to break one's heart." "I do hope, father, that when the troop marches again you will take me as cornet.