 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 502 pages
...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 who would have been capable of the enterprise. To this, Columbus made no immediate... | |
 | Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 1829 - 346 pages
...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. Ever} one attempted it, but in vain ; whereupon he struck it upon the table, broke one... | |
 | William Grimshaw - America - 1830 - 258 pages
...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...end. Every one attempted it, but in vain; whereupon, Columbus struck it upon the table, so as to break the end, and left it standing on the broken part;... | |
 | William Grimshaw - America - 1830 - 262 pages
...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... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - America - 1833 - 290 pages
...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,... | |
 | William Grimshaw - America - 1833 - 260 pages
...Spain, who would have been capable of the enterprise 1 To this, Columbus made no immediate reply ; hut, taking an egg, invited the company to make it stand...end. Every one attempted it, but in vain ; whereupon, Columbus struck it upon the table, so as to break the end, and left it standing on the broken part... | |
 | 1839 - 580 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Sears - United States - 1847 - 470 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Conway Robinson, Virginia Historical Society - America - 1848 - 590 pages
...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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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... 
