| Paul M. Zall - 204 strani
...Service for the Support of the glorious Cause But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavourable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every...declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think my self equal to the Command I am honoured with. As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to Assure the Congress... | |
| Mary Mostert - 2004 - 230 strani
...expressed his gratitude at being selected but warned,"1 "Lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every...gentleman in the room, that I this day declare, with utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. As for pay, I beg 108... | |
| Mary L. Williamson - 2004 - 132 strani
...When the result was announced, Washington arose and made a brief speech, closing with these words: "I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare that I do not think myself equal to the command. As to pay, I beg leave to assure the Congress that... | |
| David McCullough - 2005 - 438 strani
...not succeed, and he gave Congress fair warning: But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every...sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command 1 [am] honored with. To his wife Martha he wrote that "far from seeking this appointment, I have used... | |
| Washington Irving - 2005 - 409 strani
...sincere devotion to the cause. "But," added he, "lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every...that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, T do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. As to pay, I beg leave to assure the... | |
| James Nelson - 2006 - 416 strani
...of the American army on June 16, 1775, George Washington would tell the Second Continental Congress, "I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare with utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I [am] honored with." Leading his men... | |
| James Rees, Stephen J. Spignesi - 2011 - 253 strani
...inadequacy: "But, lest some unlucky event should happen," he said to the gathered delegates, "unfavourable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered, by every...sincerity, I do 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... | |
| 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...sincerity I do not 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... | |
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