 ... tweed trousers. I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob - would have embraced him, only, he being an Englishman, I did not know how he would receive me; so I did what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best...  Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes - Page 507by Andre Bernard, Clifton Fadiman - 2000 - 800 lehteLimited preview - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1873 - 696 lehte
...pair of grey tweed .trousers. I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob — would have embraced him, only, he being an...suggested was the best thing — walked deliberately to him, took off my hat, and said, ' Dr. Livingstone, I presume ? ' ' Yes,' said he with a kind smile,... | |
 | Tresham Gilbey - 1872 - 474 lehte
...tweed trousers. I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob—would have embraced him, only, he being an Englishman, I...what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best thing—walked deliberately to him,'took off' my hat, and said, " Dr. Livingstone, I presume •" "... | |
 | Henry Morton Stanley - 1872 - 840 lehte
...pair of grey tweed trousers. I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob — would have embraced him, only, he being an...receive me ;* so I did what cowardice and false pride * " This Englishman, as I afterwards found, was a military man returning to his country from India,... | |
 | Henry Morton Stanley - 1872 - 866 lehte
...run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob — would have embraced him, only, h& being an Englishman, I did not know how he would receive me ;* so I did what cowardice and false pride * " This Englishman, as I afterwards found, was a military man returning to his country from India,... | |
 | 1873 - 400 lehte
...a pair of grey tweed trousers. I would have run to him, only I was coward in the presence of such a mob, — would have embraced him, only, he being an...suggested was the best thing — walked deliberately to him, took off my hat, and said : " Dr. Livingstone, I presume ? " " YES," said he, with a kind smile,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1873 - 738 lehte
...pair of grey tweed trousers. I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob — would have embraced him, only, he being an...suggested was the best thing — walked deliberately to him, took off my hat, and said, ' Dr. Livingstone, I presume ? ' ' Yes,' said he with a kind smile,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1873 - 688 lehte
...pair of grey tweed trousers. I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob — would have embraced him, only, he being an...suggested was the best thing — walked deliberately to him, took off my hat, and said, ' Dr. Livingstone, I presume ? ' ' Yes,' said he with a kind smile,... | |
 | 1873 - 712 lehte
...pair of grey tweed trousers. I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob — would have embraced him, only, he being an...Englishman, I did not know how he would receive me ; * * "This Englishman, as I afterwords found, was a military man returning to his country from India,... | |
 | 1873 - 404 lehte
...pair of grey tweed trousers. I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob — would have embraced him, only, he being an Englishman, I did not know how lie would receive me. So I did what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best thing — walked... | |
 | Alexander Gruar Forbes - 1874 - 450 lehte
...of grey tweed trousers. I would have run towards him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob ; would have embraced him, only he being an Englishman, I did not know how he would receive it; so 1 did what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best thing — walked deliberately to... | |
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