 | 1921 - Liczba stron: 480
...reparation for the injury committed." Washingon's reply was brief but admirable. It was as follows : "Sir: improper. I am not conscious of having made use of...very singular expressions at the time of my meeting with you, as you intimate. What I recollect to have said was dictated by duty and warranted by the... | |
 | Joseph Dillaway Sawyer - 1927 - Liczba stron: 668
...this astonishing request in a letter that could not be misunderstood: "Sir: "I received your letter, expressed, as I conceive, in terms highly improper. "I am not conscious of making use of any very singular expressions at the time of meeting you, as you intimate. What I recollect... | |
 | 1889 - Liczba stron: 874
...language on the battle-field. Washington's reply was as follows : — " SIK, — I received your letter, expressed, as I conceive, in terms highly improper. I am not conscious of making use of any very singular expressions at the time of meeting you, as you intimate. What I recollect... | |
 | Lee P. Anderson - 2002 - Liczba stron: 380
...and to the World in general." Washington, furious over the letter, replied in kind to Lee, saying, "I am not conscious of having made use of any very singular expressions at the time of my meeting with you, as you intimate. What I recollect to have said, was dictated by duty, and warranted by the... | |
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I received your letter (dated through mistake the 1st of July), expressed as I conceive in terms highly improper. I am not conscious of having made use of any very singular expressions at the time of meeting you, as you intimate. What I recollect to have... 
