 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 650 pages
...that we are indebted to Mr. Sparks' work for many particulars given by us of this tale of treason. ' ' I beg your Excellency will be persuaded that no alteration in the temper of my mind, or apprehensions for my safety, induces me to take the step of addressing you ; but that it is to secure... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1905 - 594 pages
...that we are indebted to Mr. Sparks' work for many particulars given by us of this tale of treason " I beg your Excellency will be persuaded that no alteration in the temper of my mind or apprehensions for my safety, induces me to take the step of addressing you ; but that it is to secure... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - Crime - 1916 - 944 pages
...— What I have as yet said concerning myself was in the justifiable attempt to be extricated; 1 am too little accustomed to duplicity to have succeeded....assumed a mean character for treacherous purposes or self-interest ; a conduct incompatible with the principles that actuate me, as well as with my condition... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - Crime - 1916 - 944 pages
...— What I have as yet said concerning myself was in the justifiable attempt to be extricated ; 1 am too little accustomed to duplicity to have succeeded....assumed a mean character for treacherous purposes or self-interest ; a conduct incompatible with the principles that actuate me, as well as with my condition... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - United States - 1918 - 402 pages
...Sir, What I have as yet said concerning myself was in the justifiable attempt to be extricated; I am too little accustomed to duplicity to have succeeded....assumed a mean character for treacherous purposes or self-interest; a conduct incompatible with the principles that actuate me, as well as with my condition... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - Literary Criticism - 1898 - 684 pages
...Channing and Hart, Guide, § 138. A. MAJOR ANDRE TO GENERAL WASHINGTON g Salem, 24 September, 1 78o. I beg your Excellency will be persuaded, that no alteration...assumed a mean character for treacherous purposes or self-interest ; a conduct incompatible with the principles that actuate me, as well as with my condition... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1901 - 692 pages
...Channing and Hart, Guide, § 138. A. MAJOR ANDRE TO GENERAL WASHINGTON g Salem, 24 September, 1780. 1 beg your Excellency will be persuaded, that no alteration...assumed a mean character for treacherous purposes or self-interest ; a conduct incompatible with the principles that actuate me, as well as with my condition... | |
 | Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 354 pages
...capture: What I have as yet said concerning myself was in the justifiable attempt to be extricated; I am too little accustomed to duplicity to have succeeded....take the step of addressing you, but that it is to secure myself from an imputation of having assumed a mean character, for treacherous purposes or self-interest... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 680 pages
...1780. WHAT I have as yet said concerning myself was in the justifiable attempt to be extricated ; I am too little accustomed to duplicity to have succeeded....assumed a mean character for treacherous purposes or self-interest ; a conduct incompatible with the principles that actuate me, as well as with my condition... | |
 | Robert A. FERGUSON, Robert A Ferguson - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 374 pages
...capture: What I have as yet said concerning myself was in the justifiable attempt to be extricated; I am too little accustomed to duplicity to have succeeded....or apprehension for my safety, induces me to take a step of addressing you, but that it is to secure myself from an imputation of having assumed a mean... | |
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What I have as yet said concerning myself was in the justifiable attempt to be extricated; I am too little accustomed to duplicity to have succeeded. " I beg your Excellency will be persuaded, that no alteration in the temper of my mind, or apprehension... 
