A shallow 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... The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus - Seite 118von Washington Irving - 1830 - 357 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Washington Irving - 1828 - 502 Seiten
...times,were observed towards sovereigns. At this repast is said to have occurred the well-known anecdote of the egg. A shallow courtier present, impatient...that, in case he had not discovered the Indies, there were not other men who would have been capable of the enterprise. To this, Columbus made no immediate... | |
| Washington Irving - 1828 - 574 Seiten
...observed towards sovereigns. At this repast is said to have ocxHirred the well-known anecdote of the egsr. A shallow courtier present, impatient of the honours...that, in case he had not discovered the Indies, there were not other men who would have been capable of the enterprise. To this, Columbus made no immediate... | |
| William Grimshaw - 1830 - 262 Seiten
...courtier present, impatient of the honours paid to Columbus, and meanly jealous of him as a foreigner, 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... | |
| 1832 - 548 Seiten
...have occurred the well-known anecdote of the egg. A shallow 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 bar1 not discovered the Indies, there were not other men who v/ould have been cupable of the cnterprize.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 436 Seiten
...times were observed towards sovereigns. At this repast is said to have occurred the well known anecdote of the egg. A shallow courtier present, impatient...a foreigner, abruptly asked him whether he thought * Equal to a value in gold of 39 dollars, and equivalent to 117 dollars in our day. f Oviedo Cronica... | |
| 1839 - 580 Seiten
...impudence than wit, and jealous of Columbus because he was a foreigner and so highly honored by his master, abruptly 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 1 Columbus, looking with proper contempt... | |
| John Ayrton Paris - 1847 - 708 Seiten
...banquets were given him by the nobility ; at one of which a shallow courtier, envious of his honours, abruptly asked him, whether he thought that, in case...taking an egg, invited the company to make it stand on one end. Every one attempted it, but in vain ; whereupon he struck it upon the table, broke one... | |
| Robert Sears - 1847 - 470 Seiten
...than wit, and jealous of Columbus because he was a foreigner, and so highly honored by ,'iis master, abruptly 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 ? Columbus, looking with proper contempt... | |
| Washington Irving - 1848 - 454 Seiten
...have occurred the well-known anecdote of the egg. A shallow courtier present, impatient of the honors paid to Columbus, and meanly jealous of him as a foreigner,...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... | |
| Conway Robinson, Virginia Historical Society - 1848 - 590 Seiten
...occurred the anecdote of the egg. A courtier present, impatient perhaps of the honours paid to Columbus, asked him whether he thought that in case he had not discovered the Indias, there were not other men in Spain who would have been capable of the enterprise ? Columbus... | |
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