 | Aaron Burr, Matthew Livingston Davis - 1837 - 450 strani
...bond, which was expressly a security for the penalty, and not for the payments : That nevertheless I did finally give Cazenove a valuable and exorbitant...lie. I feel that the present detail is useless and t rilling ; but you have asked with good-nature, and I could not, with the appearance of good-nature,... | |
 | Aaron Burr - 1838 - 464 strani
...part of the penalty was ever due from me to the Holland Company; and that of course, the1) could never have demanded the bond, which was expressly a security...subject I have not up to this hour given one word of expla nation to any human being. All the explanation that can be given amounts to no more than this... | |
 | Samuel Henry Wandell, Meade Minnigerode - 1925 - 438 strani
...the Alien Bill. . . ." The Colonel should, of course, have made this publicly clear at the time, but "this, sir, is the first time in my life that I have...That the thing is an absolute and abominable lie." But unfortunately the innocence of the Colonel's actions was not always as manifest to the community... | |
 | Aaron Burr, Matthew Livingston Davis - 1855 - 450 strani
...bond, which was expressly a security for the penalty, and not for the payments : That nevertheless I did finally give Cazenove a valuable and exorbitant...subject I have not up to this hour given one word of expla nation to any human being. All the explanation that can be given amounts to no more than this... | |
 | James Parton - 1858 - 728 strani
...first time in my life that I have condescended (pardon the expression) to refute a calumny. I leave it to my actions to speak for themselves, and to my character...That the thing is an absolute and abominable lie." It does not appear that his silence with regard to the rumor did any perceptible damage to Burr at... | |
 | Samuel Henry Wandell, Meade Minnigerode - 1925 - 436 strani
...the Alien Bill. . . . " The Colonel should, of course, have made this publicly clear at the time, but "this, sir, is the first time in my life that I have...That the thing is an absolute and abominable lie." But unfortunately the innocence of the Colonel's actions was not always as manifest to the community... | |
 | Nancy Isenberg - 2007 - 572 strani
...expression" also suggests his sensitivity to the emerging modern meaning of the word.98 He continued: "I leave to my actions to speak for themselves, and...given one word of explanation to any human being." This statement is quite remarkable. He was speaking to his preference for allowing his known good character... | |
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This, sir, is the first time in my life that I have condescended (pardon the expression) to refute a calumny. I leave to my actions to speak for themselves, and to my character to confound the fictions of slander. And on this very subject I have not up... 