| Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 páginas
...judgment, and grant what seemed to him expedient. He took the opposite course from his comrade, Almagro, 30 who, it was observed, generally said " Yes," but too...hardly necessary to speak of the courage of a man 35 pledged to such a career as that of Pizarro. Courage, indeed, was a cheap quality among the Spanish... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 páginas
...consciousness of this led him to adopt the custom of saying " No," at first, to applicants for favor ; and afterwards, at leisure, to revise his judgment,...took the opposite course from his comrade, Almagro, 30 who, it was observed, generally said " Yes," but too often failed to keep his promise. This was... | |
| William Hickling Prescott - 1855 - 584 páginas
...consciousness of this led him to adopt the custom of saying ' No," at first, to applicants for favor ; and afterwards, at leisure, to revise his judgment,...nature of the latter, governed by impulse rather than principle.31 It is hardly necessary to speak of the courage of a man pledged to such a career as that... | |
| 1865 - 520 páginas
...habit of saying " No," at first, to applicants for favour ; and that afterwards, at leisure, he would revise his judgment, and grant what seemed to him...comrade Almagro, who, it was observed, generally said ' Tea,' but too often failed to keep his promise."* Well may Archdeacon Coxe signalise the " singular... | |
| Francis Jacox - 1870 - 346 páginas
...habit of saying " No," at first, to applicants for favour; and that afterwards, at leisure, he would revise his judgment, and grant what seemed to him...' Yes,' but too often failed to keep his promise." Well may Archdeacon Coxe signalise the " singular courtesy" of the Emperor Maximilian II., who " possessed... | |
| F. J - 1870 - 346 páginas
...habit of saying " No," at first, to applicants for favour ; and that afterwards, at leisure, he would revise his judgment, and grant what seemed to him...' Yes,' but too often failed to keep his promise." Well may Archdeacon Coxe signalise the "singular courtesy" of the Emperor Maximilian II., who " possessed... | |
| William H. Prescott - 2005 - 573 páginas
...consciousness of this led him to adopt the custom of saying "No," at first, to applicants for favor; and afterwards, at leisure, to revise his judgment, and grant what seemed to Mm expedient. He took the opposite course from his comrade Almagro, who, it was observed, generally... | |
| William H. Prescott - 2006 - 573 páginas
...consciousness of this led him to adopt the custom of saying "No," at first, to applicants for favor; and afterwards, at leisure, to revise his judgment,...expedient. He took the opposite course from his comrade Altnagro, who, it was observed, generally said "Yes," but too often failed to keep his promise. This... | |
| William Hickling Prescott - 1904 - 436 páginas
...consciousness of this led him to adopt the custom of saying " No," at first, to applicants for favor, and afterwards, at leisure, to revise his judgment...his promise. This was characteristic of the careless 10 This tardiness of resolve has even led Herrera to doubt his resolution altogether, — a judgment... | |
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