 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 - Page 234by Washington Irving - 1869Full view - About this book
 | James Parton - New York (State) - 1860 - 744 pages
...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 petulancy, but with decision, 'lam not conscious of it, sir, but since you have thought it necessary to tell me so, we part.' ' Very... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1860 - 872 pages
...must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect." Hamilton replied, " I am not conscious of it, bir, but since you have thought it necessary to tell me so, we part." Washington replied, " Very well, sir, if it be your choice." In less than an hour afterward, one of... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1861 - 502 pages
...(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...have thought it necessary to tell me so, we part.' i Very well, sir (said he), if it be your choice,' or something to this effect, and we separated. I... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - Portraits, American - 1862 - 686 pages
...these ten minutes ; I must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect." Hamilton firmly replied, " I am not conscious of it, sir ; but since you have...necessary to tell me so, we part." "Very well, sir," said Washington, " if it be your choice," or something to that effect, and the friends separated.1 Washington... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 480 pages
...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...I sincerely believe my absence, which gave so much umbrage,.did not last two minutes. " In less than an hour after, Tilghman came to me in the general's... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1864 - 624 pages
...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 no* the effect of resentment, it was the deliberate result of maxims... | |
 | James Parton - Biography - 1868 - 694 pages
...he, 'you have kept me waiting at the head of the stairs these ten minutes ; I must tell you, sir, yeu treat me with disrespect.' I replied, without petulancy,...sir,' said he, 'if it be your choice,' or something to that effect, and we separated. I sincerely believe my absence, which gave so much umbrage, did not... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1868 - 678 pages
...too mnch of petulance." He states, "I replied tcithaut petulnncil, but with nn air of de cision, ' 1 am not conscious of it, sir, but since you have thought it necessary to tell me no, we part.' " Hio decision, he remarks, " was not the effect of resentment, it was the deliberate... | |
 | Washington Irving - Children's literature - 1876 - 766 pages
...these ten minutes. I must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect." .Hamilton promptly replied : " I am not conscious of it, sir; but since you have thought it necessary to tell me so, we part," and they eeparated. Washington sooi>after sent to Hamilton stating liis desire, in a candid conversation,... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1879 - 646 pages
...regarded as " savoring too much of petulance." He states, "I replied without petuiancy, 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, lie remarks, " was not the effect of resentment, it was the deliberate result of maxims... | |
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