...blushed and faltered for a moment, when the speaker relieved him from his embarrassment by saying, "Sit down, Mr. Washington, your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess." Captain Stobo, a hostage in the hands of the French, was detained for years...

...blushed and faltered for a moment, when the speaker relieved him from his embarrassment by saying, "Sit down, Mr. Washington, your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess." Captain Stobo, a hostage in the hands of the French, was detained for years...

...speaker helped him as generously as he had helped him into it. " Sit down, Mr. Washington," said he, u your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess.3' Nothing could be more elegant and skillful than this double stroke, which...

...speaker helped him as generously as he had helped him into it. " Sit down, Mr. Washington," said he, " your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess." Nothing could be more elegant and skillful than this double stroke, which...

...trembled, and could not utter a word. " Sit down, Mr. Washington," said the Speaker, with a smile ; " your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." Such was Washington's first launch into civil life, in which he was to be distinguished...

...syllable. "Sit down, Mr. Washington," was the courteous relief of the gentleman who had addressed him, " your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." He continued a member of the House, diligently attending to its business till...

...speak a single word ; he blushed, hesitated, and trembled. The Speaker at once came to his aid, and said, "Sit down, Mr. Washington ; your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language that I possess."f Finally, in 1774, on the eve of the great struggle, after the separation...

...his painful embarrassment, Mr. Robinson hastened to his relief by saying with a courteous smile, " Sit down, Mr. Washington: your modesty equals your valor; and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." From that time till near the breakingcut of the Revolution, — a period of fifteen...

...words were wanticg ; he faltered and blushed. " Sit down, Mr. Washington," kindly said the Speaker ; " your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess." This year closed with great advantages to the English. The cunning Indians —...

...words were wantrag ; he faltered and blushed. " Sit down, Mr. Washington/' kindly said the Speaker ; " your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language 1 possess/7 This year closed with great advantages to the English. The cunning Indians —...