 | Matt Doeden - 2006 - 36 strani
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 | Hesperides - 2007 - 246 strani
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 | James R. Gaines - 2007 - 580 strani
...for the honor they bestowed on him but warned them that their confidence might prove to be misplaced: "I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in...think myself equal to the command I am honored with." This was more than the rhetoric of false modesty, but it was that too. He had, after all, worn his... | |
 | James Rees, Stephen J. Spignesi - 2011 - 253 strani
...some unlucky event should happen," he said to the gathered delegates, "unfavourable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered, by every Gentleman in...not think myself equal to the Command I am honored with."2 Stormy Days of Life When Washington was elected president, he wrote to Alexander Hamilton that... | |
 | Brandon Marie Miller - 2007 - 147 strani
...Army. But instead of inspiring the delegates with bold words promising victories, he quietly confessed, "I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with." He asked Congress to pay his expenses, but turned down a salary. Washington knew that Great Britain... | |
 | Peter Wallenstein - 2007 - 508 strani
...South. So in 1775 the Second Continental Congress named George Washington commander in chief. Remarking, "I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with," Washington nevertheless accepted the post. The battles of Lexington and Concord had already been fought,... | |
 | A. Ward Burian - 2007 - 490 strani
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I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. 
