 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 574 pages
...moment. ' Sit down, Mr. Washington,' said he, with a conciliating smile, ' your modesty is equal to your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess.' " — Life of Patrick Henry, p. 45. the Potomac or Rappahannoc, as I am in immediate want of them.... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1836 - 530 pages
...moments. " Sit down, Mr. Washington," said he, with a conciliating smile; "your modesty is equal to your valor; and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess." In the town of , in Connecticut, where the roads were extremely rough, Washington was overtaken by... | |
 | Mann Butler - Kentucky - 1836 - 636 pages
...; this officer said, " Sit down, Mr. Washington, your mod*Sp*rks, vol. 11.— 325 esty is equal to your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess."* A succession of brilliant victories, from Ticonderoga to Quebec, finally compelled the French, after... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 658 pages
...his proudest and happiest moment. ' Sit down, Mr. Washington,' said he with a conciliating smile ; ' your modesty equals your valor ; and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess.' " * From this time till the beginning of the revolution, a period of fifteen years, Washington was... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1837 - 644 pages
...his proudest and happiest moment. ' Sit down, Mr. Washington,' said he with a conciliating smile; ' your modesty equals your valor; and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess.'" * From this time till the beginning of the revolution, a period of fifteen years, Washington was constantly... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1852 - 670 pages
...moments. " Sit down, Mr. Washington," said he, with a con-ciliating smile; " your modesty i> equal to your valor ; and that surpasses the power of any lan-guage that I possess." PATRICK HENRY. Patrick Henry was the son of Colonel Joba Henry, a native of Aberdeen, in Scotland,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 666 pages
...his proudest and happiest moment. ' Sit down, Mr. Washington,' said he with a conciliating smile ; ' your modesty equals your valor ; and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess.' " * A member or From this time till the beginning of the revolution, a the House of . . _ . liurgCTseani-... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1839 - 674 pages
...moments. " Sit down, Mr. Washington," said he, with a conciliating smile; " your modesty is equal to your valor; and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess." PATRICK HENRY. Patrick Heury was the son of Colonel John Heury, a native of Aberdeen, in Scotland,... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - Generals - 1840 - 210 pages
...single word ; he blushed, hesitated, and trembled. The Speaker at once came to his aid, and said, " Sit down, Mr. Washington ; your modesty equals your...surpasses the power of any language that I possess."* Finally, in 1774, on the eve of the great struggle, after the separation of the first Congress held... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - Generals - 1840 - 216 pages
...hesitated, and trembled. The Speaker at once came to his aid, and said, " Sit down, Mr. Washington ; jour modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess."* Finally, in 1774, on the eve of the great struggle, after the separation of the first Congress held... | |
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Your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess. 
