Fabian policy
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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
Already they speak of the great results of Fabian policy; Seward, I am told, prides in it.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
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)
In France the great ally of the Sultan's Fabian policy had fallen.
From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius
The trouble was not so much to fight him as to get near enough to fight him; for he pursued a truly Fabian policy, and being lighter armed, was consequently swifter than the invaders.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various
