| William M. Thayer - 1864 - 96 頁
...commissions or omissions of the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied : ' Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth..." Blondin ! stand up a little straighter ; Blondin I stoop a little more, go a little faster, lean a little more to the north, lean a little more to the... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 886 頁
...commissions or omissions of the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied:—" Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth...River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or keep shonting out to him—' Blondin, stand up a little straighter—Blondin, stoop a little more—go a... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1865 - 866 頁
...commissions or omissions of the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied : — " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth...and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry acrosi the Niagara River on a rope, v^ould you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him — 'Blondin,... | |
| Richard Miller Devens - 1866 - 748 頁
...The President, aa usual, heard patiently all that was said, and then replied : " Suppose, gentlemen, all the property you were worth was in gold, and you...Niagara river on a rope, would you shake the cable, and keep shouting to him, ' Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more... | |
| Richard Miller Devens - 1866 - 780 頁
...The President, as usual, heard patiently all] that was said, and then replied : " Suppose, gentlemen, all the property you were worth was in gold, and you...Niagara river on a rope, would you shake the cable, and keep shouting to him, ' Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more... | |
| Frank Moore - 1866 - 654 頁
...them patiently, and then replied : " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gola, and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry...would you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him — Blondín, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more — go a little faster... | |
| Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1866 - 364 頁
...commissions or omissions of the Administration. The President heard them patiently, and then replied : " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth...put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across the 17 Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or keep shouting out to him, ' Blondin, stand... | |
| Richard Miller Devens - 1867 - 736 頁
...rebel joke was washed down with old rye. ! that was said, and then replied : " Suppose, gentlemen, all the property you were worth was in gold, and you...Niagara river on a rope, would you shake the cable, and keep shouting to him, ' Bloudin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more... | |
| Richard Miller Devens - 1867 - 706 頁
...The President, as usual, heard patiently all that was said, and then replied: " Suppose, gentlemen, all the property you were worth was in gold, and you...Niagara river on a rope, would you shake the cable, and keep shouting to him, < Blondin, stand up a little straighter— Blondin, stoop a little more—go... | |
| John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 510 頁
...Administration. The President, as was his wont, listened to them patiently, and then replied, — " Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you had put it into the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the cable, or... | |
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