 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...England ou the other. I threw off as much gravity as I could, and assumed an air of gaiety and a tone of decision, as far as was decent, and said, ' That...The King replied as quick as lightning, ' An honest maa \viil never have any other,' r The riots in London in 1780, which threatened to overturn the very... | |
 | 1820 - 490 pages
...England, on the other. I threw off as much gravity as I could, and assumed an air of gaiety and a tone of decision, as far as was decent, and said, " That opinion, Sir, is not misstated : I must avow to your majesty, I have no attachment but to my own country." The king replied... | |
 | Robert Huish - Great Britain - 1821 - 746 pages
...England on the other. I threw off as much gravity as I could, and assumed an air of gaiety, and a tone of decision, as far as was decent, and said—' That...country.' The king replied as quick as lightning, 1 An honest man will never have any other.' The king then said a word or two to the secretary of state,... | |
 | Worcester County (Mass.) - 1826 - 414 pages
...England on the other. 1 threw off as much gravity as I could, and assumed an air of gayety, and a tone of decision, as far as was decent, and said, ' That...attachment but to my own country.' The king replied aa quick as lightning: ' An honest man will never have any other.' is the etiquette ; and making my... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1820 - 384 pages
...England on the other. I threw off as much gravity as I could, and assumed an air of gaiety, and a tone of decision, as far as was decent, and said, " That opinion, sir, is not mistaken ; 1 must avow to your majesty, I have no attachment but to my own country." The king replied, as quick... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 552 pages
...remark, and not less so at the air of familiarity with which it was madu, in reply, observed — " that opinion, sir, is not mistaken ; I must avow to...majesty, I have no attachment but to my own country." To this the king immediately said, " an honest man will never have any other."* In December, 1785,... | |
 | John Hayward - Names, Geographical - 1829 - 530 pages
...England,' on the other, I threw off as much gravity as I could, and assumed an air of gaiety, »nd a tone of decision, as far as was decent, and said, ' That opinion, sir, is not mistaken : I must avow to Jour majesty, I have no attachment but to my own country." The king "plied as quick as lightning, '... | |
 | Benjamin Waterhouse - Great Britain - 1831 - 482 pages
...England on the other.—I threw off as much gravity as I could, and assumed an air of gayety, and a tone of decision, as far as was decent, and said, ' That...Sir, is not mistaken. I must avow to your Majesty, 1 have no attachment but to my own country.' The king replied as quick as lightning, ' An honest man... | |
 | Art - 1832 - 616 pages
...threw off' as much gravity as I could, and assumed tm air of gaiety, and a tone of decision, saying, ' That opinion, sir, is not mistaken ; I must avow to...lightning, ' An honest man will never have any other.' " Early in this year took place the memorable coalition between the parties respectively headed by... | |
 | 1839 - 580 pages
...England on the other, I threw off as much gravity as I could, and assumed an air of gaiety and a tone of decision, as far as was decent, and said, ' That...replied as quick as lightning, ' An honest man will have no other.' " The king then said a word or two to the Secretary of State, which, being between... | |
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That opinion, sir, is not mistaken ; I must avow to your majesty I have no attachment but to my own country. 
