 | George Washington - 1837 - 644 strani
...his proudest and happiest moment. ' Sit down, Mr. Washington,' said he with a conciliating smile; ' your modesty equals your valor; and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess.'" * From this time till the beginning of the revolution, a period of fifteen years,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 658 strani
...his proudest and happiest moment. ' Sit down, Mr. Washington,' said he with a conciliating smile ; ' your modesty equals your valor ; and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess.' " * From this time till the beginning of the revolution, a period of fifteen years,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 666 strani
...his proudest and happiest moment. ' Sit down, Mr. Washington,' said he with a conciliating smile ; ' your modesty equals your valor ; and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess.' " * A member or From this time till the beginning of the revolution, a the House of... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - 1840 - 210 strani
...hesitated, and trembled. The Speaker at once came to his aid, and said, " Sit down, Mr. Washington ; your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess."* Finally, in 1774, on the eve of the great struggle, after the separation of the first... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - 1840 - 216 strani
...hesitated, and trembled. The Speaker at once came to his aid, and said, " Sit down, Mr. Washington ; jour modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess."* Finally, in 1774, on the eve of the great struggle, after the separation of the first... | |
 | Charles Campbell - 1847 - 220 strani
...would have done honor to Louis XIV. in his proudest and happiest moment, ' Sit down, Mr. Washington, your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess." "* Washington retired to Mount Vernon, continuing however to be a member of the house... | |
 | 1848 - 460 strani
...his hesitation and embarrassment were relieved by the Speaker, who said, ' Sit down Mr. Washington, your modesty equals your valor; and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess.' But it was not solid information or sound judgment, or even that rare combination... | |
 | William Maxwell - 1848 - 460 strani
...his hesitation and embarrassment were relieved by the Speaker, who said, 'Sit down Mr. Washington, your modesty equals your valor ; and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess.' But it was not solid information or sound judgment, or even that rare combination... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1848 - 32 strani
...hesitation and embarrassment were relieved by the Speaker, who said : " Sit down, Mr. Washington ; your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess." But it was not solid information, or sound judgment, or even that rare combination... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 strani
...trembled, and could not utter a word. " Sit down, Mr. Washington," said the Speaker, with a smile ; " your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." Such was Washington's first launch into civil life, in which he was to be distinguished by the same... | |
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Your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess. 
