| GEORGE BANCROFT - 1856 - 501 頁
...hesitated for words, as he rose to reply,—" Sit down," rejoined the speaker, "your modesty is equal to your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." After these crowded weeks, Washington, no more a soldier, retired to Mount Vernon with the experience... | |
| george bancropt - 1856 - 496 頁
...hesitated for words, as he rose to reply, — "Sit down," rejoined the speaker, " your modesty is equal to your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." After these crowded weeks, Washington, no more a soldier, retired to Mount Vernon with the experience... | |
| Edward Duffield Neill - 1868 - 256 頁
...hesitated for words, as he rose to reply, ' Sit down,' rejoined the speaker j 'your modesty is equal to your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess.' " LORD FAIRFAX TO GEO. W. FAIRFAX. Feb'y 16"' 1759. Dear George : Yours I this evening received and... | |
| GEORGE BANCROFT. - 1874 - 492 頁
...words, in his attempt to reply, — " Sit down," interposed the speaker ; "your modesty is equal to your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." After these crowded weeks, "Washington, no more a soldier, retired to Mount Vernon with the experience... | |
| 1874 - 410 頁
...embarrassing situation, by saying with a smile, " Sit down, Mr. WASHINGTON ; your modesty is equal to your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." The same month that WASHINGTON took his seat in the Colonial Assembly of Virginia, he married Mrs.... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1875 - 660 頁
...confusion, when the Speaker relieved him by saying: " Sit down, Colonel Washington; your modesty is equal to your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." That Speaker was Mr. Robinson, father of Beverly Robinson of New York, at whose house Washington met... | |
| George Bancroft - 1876 - 614 頁
...for words in his attempt to reply, " Sit down," interposed the speaker ; " your modesty is equal to your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." After these crowded weeks, Washington, no more a soldier, retired to Mount Vernon, with the experience... | |
| Francis Winthrop Palfrey - 1878 - 328 頁
...Speaker of the House of Burgesses of Virginia said to Washington, Sit down, sir, your modesty is equal to your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." Enthusiastic applause followed, and the soldier said no more. 1 Memorandum from Colonel Henry Lee :... | |
| George Bancroft - 1883 - 600 頁
...for words in his attempt to reply, " Sit down," interposed the speaker; " your modesty is equal to your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." After these crowded weeks, Washington, no more a soldier, retired to Mount Vernon, with the experience... | |
| George Bancroft - 1888 - 596 頁
...for words in his attempt to reply, " Sit down," interposed the speaker ; " your modesty is equal to your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." After these crowded weeks, Washington, no more a soldier, retired to Mount Vernon, with the experience... | |
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