 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 432 pages
...Madam," 1: If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again, I shall ; but if the command is pressed upon me, by the general voice of the country, and...terms as cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonour on me to refuse it. ; and that, I am sure, must or ought to give you greater uneasiness,... | |
 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 428 pages
...the country, and offered upon such terms as cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonour on me to refuse it ; and that, I am sure, must or ought...to give you greater uneasiness, than my going in an honourable command. On no other terms will I accept of it. At present I have no proposals made to me,... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 266 pages
...Madam : " If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again I shall, but if the command is pressed upon me, by the general voice of the country, and...dishonor upon me to 'refuse it. And that, I am sure, ought to give you greater uneasiness than my going in an honor* It need scarcely be said that this... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 276 pages
...Madam : " If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again I shall, but if the command is pressed upon me, by the general voice of the country, and...dishonor upon me to refuse it. And that, I am sure, ought to give you greater uneasiness than my going in an honor* It need scarcely be said that this... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pages
...Madam : If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again, I shall ; but if the command is pressed upon me by the general voice of the country, and offered...cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it ; and that, I am sure, must, and ought, to give you greater uneasiness than my going... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1855 - 566 pages
...Madam : If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again, I shall ; but if the command is pressed upon me by the general voice of the country, and offered...cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it ; and that, I am sure, must, and ought, to give you greater uneasiness, than my... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 pages
...Madam: If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again, I shall; but if the command is pressed upon me by the general voice of the country, and offered...terms as cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonour on me to refuse it; and that, I am sure, must, and ought, to give you greater uneasiness... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1860 - 482 pages
...Madam : If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again, I shall ; but if the command is pressed upon me by the general voice of the country, and offered...cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it ; and that, I am sure, must, and ought, to give you greater uneasiness, tiian my... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1860 - 492 pages
...be objected against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it ; and that, I am sure, must, and ought, to give you greater uneasiness, than my going in an honorable command. Upit B: other terms will I accept it. At present I have no propos^ made to me, nor have I any advice... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - United States - 1864 - 842 pages
..."If the command is pressed upon me by the general voice of the country, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it; and that, I am sure, must or ought to give you greater uneasiness than my going into an honorable command." In his diary, in 1760, after his marriage, appears this record of his visit... | |
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Madam: If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again, I shall; but if the command is pressed upon me by the general voice of the country, and offered upon such terms as cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it... 
