 | Washington Irving - 1861 - 506 pagina’s
...other men in Spain, who would have been capable of the enterprise 1 To this Columbus made no immediate reply, but, taking an egg, invited the company to...end. Every one attempted it, but in vain ; whereupon ho struck it upon the table so as to break the end, and left it standing on the broken part ; illustrating... | |
 | 1866 - 268 pagina’s
...courtier present, impatient of the honours paid to Columbus, and meanly jealous of him as a foreigner, abruptly asked him whether he thought that, in case he had not discovered the Indies, there were not other men in Spain, who would have been capable of the enterprise? To this Columbus made no... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 546 pagina’s
...other men in Spain who would have been capable of the enterprise ? To this Columbus made no immediate reply, but, taking an egg, invited the company to...but in vain ; whereupon he struck it upon the table so as to break the end, and left it standing on the broken part ; illustrating in this simple manner,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 528 pagina’s
...courtier present, impatient of the honors paid to Columbus, and meanly jealous of him as a foreigner, abruptly asked him whether he thought that, in case he had not discovered the Indies, there were not other men in Spain who would have been capable of the enterprise ? To this Columbus made no... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 546 pagina’s
...courtier present, impatient of the honors paid to Columbus, and meanly jealous of him as a foreigner, abruptly asked him whether he thought that, in case he had not discovered the Indies, there were not other men in Spain who would have been capable of the enterprise ? To this Columbus made no... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1869 - 532 pagina’s
...courtier present, impatient of the honors paid to Columbus, and meanly jealous of him as a foreigner, abruptly asked him whether he thought that, in case he had not discovered the Indies, there were not other men in Spain who would have been capable of the enterprise ? To this Columbus made no... | |
 | Emil Otto - 1869 - 192 pagina’s
...ipresent, impatient of the honors paid6 to Columbus, and jealous of him as a foreigner, 2abruptly tasked him, whether he thought that in case he had not discovered the Indies,6 there were not other men who would be capable of the enterprise. 8 To7 this Columbus made9... | |
 | 1872 - 692 pagina’s
...courtier present, impatient of the honours paid to Columbus, and meanly jealous of him as a foreigner, abruptly asked him whether he thought that, in case...taking an egg, invited the company to make it stand upon one end. Everyone attempted it, but in vain. Thereupon he struck it upon the table, broke one... | |
 | Alfred G. Havet, Anton Leopold Becker - 1873 - 200 pagina’s
...present, impatient of the honours paid to Columbus, and meanly jealous of him as a foreigner c, abruptly 7 asked him whether he thought that, in case he had not discovered the Indies, there were not other men who would have been capable of the enterprise 8. To this 9 Columbus made 10 no immediate... | |
 | Henry Willis Baxley - 1875 - 446 pagina’s
...shallow courtier present, impatient of the honours paid to him, and meanly jealous of him as a foreigner, whether he thought that, in case he had not discovered the Indies, there were not other men in Spain who would have been capable of the enterprise ? To this Columbus made no... | |
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Indies, there were not other men in Spain who would have been capable of the enterprise? To this Columbus made no immediate reply, but, taking an egg, invited the company to make it stand on one end. Every one attempted it... 
