 you have kept me waiting at the head of the stairs these ten minutes. I must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect." I replied, without petulancy, but with decision, " I am not conscious of it, sir ; but since you have thought it necessary to tell...  Life of George Washington - Sivu 207tekijä(t) Washington Irving - 1857Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | John Church Hamilton - 1840 - 438 sivua
...(said he,) you have kept me waiting at the head of the stairs these ten minutes ; — I must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect." I replied, without...separated. I sincerely believe my absence, which gave BO much umbrage, did not last two minutes. In less than an hour after, Tilghman came to me in the General's... | |
 | 1845 - 288 sivua
...(said he,) you have kept me waiting at the head of the stairs, these ten minutes: — I must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect." I replied without...I am not conscious of it, sir, but since yo.u have though it necessary to tell me so, we part." "Very well sir, (said he,) if it be your choice," or something... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - 1850 - 514 sivua
...Hamilton," said he, "you have kept me waiting at the head of the stairs these ten minutes. I must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect." I replied, without...separated. I sincerely believe my absence, which gave BO much umbrage, did not last two minutes. In less than an hour after, Tilghman came to me in the General's... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1857 - 426 sivua
...waiting for you these ten minutes. I must tell you, air, you treat me with disrespect." Hamilton replied: "I am not conscious of it, sir; but since you have...necessary to tell me so, we part." " Very well, sir," responded "Washington, "if it be your choice." Such was the cause of this unfortunate difficulty. The... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 596 sivua
...with disrespeet.' I replied, without petulancy, ' I am not conscious of it, sir, but since yon hove thought it necess'ary to tell me so, we part.' ' Very...said he, ' if it be your choice,' or something to that effeet, and we separated. I sincerely believe my absence, which gave so much umbrage, did not... | |
 | James Parton - 1858 - 728 sivua
...•aid he, 'you have kept me waiting at tho head of the stairs these ten minutes ; I must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect.' I replied, without...it, sir, but since you have thought it necessary to tel1 me so, we part.' ' Very well, sir,' said he, 'if it be your choice,' or something^ to that effect,... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1858 - 438 sivua
...waiting for you these ten minutes. I must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect." Hamilton replied: "I am not conscious of it, sir; but since you have...it necessary to tell me so, we part." " Very well, Bir,"-responded "Washington, "if it be your choice." Such was the cause of this unfortunate difficulty.... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1858 - 634 sivua
...as " savoring too much of petulance." He states, " I replied without petulancy, but with an air of decision, ' I am not conscious of it, sir, but since...have thought it necessary to tell me so, we part.' " His decision, he remarks, "was not the effect of resentment, it was the deliberate result of maxims... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1858 - 636 sivua
...as " savoring too much of petulance." He states, " I replied without petulancy, but with an air of decision, ' I am not conscious of it, sir, but since you have thought it necessary to tell me so, wo part." " His decision, he remarks, " was not the effect of resentment, it was the deliberate result... | |
 | E. Cecil - 1859 - 292 sivua
...stairs these ten minutes. I must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect." Hamilton replied, " I am not conscious of it, sir ; but, since you have...necessary to tell me so, we part." "Very well, sir," answered the General, " if it be your choice," or words to that effect. In less than an hour, Washington... | |
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