Fabian policy
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American Revolution, 64-126 passim; great extent of field of operations, 67; really ended with surrender at Yorktown, 126; nature and results of, 126-128; proclamation of end of hostilities, 135; saved by W.'s Fabian policy, 257.
From George Washington by Thayer, William Roscoe
Greene came with his Fabian policy, acquired in the school of Washington, to repair the errors of Gates.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
He had early accepted a Fabian policy and put his trust in Englishmen who shirked paying the price of maintaining the law they decreed.
From The Invisible Censor by Hackett, Francis
Russia resorted to the Fabian policy of delay as before; but she was dealing with a people whose pride and patriotism were not to be trifled with.
From The Awakening of China by Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons)
The Fabian policy of General McClellan in the campaign of the succeeding winter is ably discussed.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various
