 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 páginas
...England, on the other. I threw off as much of gravity as I could, and assumed an air of gayety and a tone of decision as far as was decent, and said. That opinion, sir, was not mistaken. I must avow to your majesty 1 have no attachment but to my own country. The king... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1859 - 584 páginas
...and a departure from dignity. I was a little embarrassed ... 7 threw off as much gravity as I could, and said, " That opinion, Sir is not mistaken ; I...replied, as quick as lightning, " An honest man will have no other." ' — Works, vol. viii. p. 258. There is something so terse and graceful, as well as... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1859 - 750 páginas
...and a departure from dignity. I was a little embarrassed ... 7 threw of an much gravity as 1 could, and said, " That opinion, Sir, is not mistaken ; I...replied, as quick as lightning, "An honest man will have no other."' — Works, vol. viii. p. 258. There is something so terse and graceful, as well as... | |
 | 1859 - 578 páginas
...a departure from dignity. I was a little embarrassed . . . 1 threw off as much gravity as 1 could, and said, " That opinion, Sir, is not mistaken; I...replied, as quick as lightning, " An honest man will have no other." '— Works, vol. viii. p. 258. There is something so terse and graceful, as well as... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1859 - 750 páginas
...a departure from dignity. I was a little embarrassed . . . 1 threw off an much gravity as 1 could, and said, " That opinion, Sir, is not mistaken ; I...replied, as quick as lightning, "An honest man will have no other." '— Works, vol. viii. p. 258. There is something so terse and graceful, as well as... | |
 | 1859 - 578 páginas
...a departure from dignity. I was a little embarrassed . . . I threw off as much gravity as J could, and said, " That opinion, Sir, is not mistaken ; I...country." The King replied, as quick as lightning, "An houest man will have no other."' — Works, vol. viii. p. 258. There is something so terse and graceful,... | |
 | 1859 - 650 páginas
...and a departure from dignity. I was a little embarrassed ... I threw off a* much gravity ii» lemild, and said, "That opinion, Sir, is not mistaken ; I...to your Majesty I have no attachment but to my own o.mntry." The King replied, as quick as lightning. " An honest man will have no other." ' — Works,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1860 - 524 páginas
...England on the other. I threw off as much gravity as I conld, and assumed an air of gaiety and a tone of decision, as far as was decent, and said, ' That...lightning, • An honest man will never have any other.' " t Will of Washington," 17S9. 1782.] WASHINGTON RETIRES TO PRIVATE LIFE. 483 panion in arms should... | |
 | James Philemon Holcombe - 1866 - 540 páginas
...England on the other. . I threw off as much gravity as I could, and assumed an air of gayety and a tone of decision, as far as was decent, and said: " That opinion, sir, is John Adams to Jolm Jay— Eeception of first American Minister by George the Third. not mistaken ;... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 510 páginas
...however, a little embarrassed by the king's allusion to his want of attachment to France, and replied, " That opinion, sir, is not mistaken. I must avow to...have no attachment but to my own country." The king instantly responded, " An honest man will never have any other." Mr. Adams's situation in London was... | |
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That opinion, sir, is not mistaken ; I must avow to your majesty I have no attachment but to my own country. 
