 | James Philemon Holcombe - 1866 - 548 pages
...my answering in the affirmative, he put on an air of familiarity, and smiling, or rather laughing, said : " There is an opinion among some people that...this, because I thought it an indiscretion, and a departure from the dignity. I was a little embarrassed, but determined not to deny the truth on one... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 510 pages
...last from France. Upon receiving an affirmative reply, he smiled, and, assuming an air of familiarity, said, " There is an opinion among some people that...of all your countrymen, to the manners of France." This perhaps explains the reason why the king had said, " I am glad that the choice has fallen upon... | |
 | 1867 - 912 pages
...the King asked Mr. Adams whether he had not recently come from France, adding, in a laughing manner, "There is an opinion among some people that you are...attached of all your countrymen to the manners of that country." The reply and the reason for it are both characteristic of the sturdy patriot, unwilling,... | |
 | R. M. DEVENS - 1876 - 1014 pages
...my answering in the affirmative, he put on an air of familiarity, and, smiling, or rather laughing, said — " There is an opinion among some people that...of all your countrymen to the manners of France." " That opinion, sir, is not mistaken ; / must avow to your majesty, I have no attachment but to my... | |
 | William Mason Cornell - 1878 - 514 pages
...my answering in the affirmative, ho put on an air of familiarity, and, smiling, or rather laughing, said, "There is an opinion among some people that...attached of all your countrymen to the manners of Prance." I was surprised at this, because I thought it an indiscretion and a descent from his dignity.... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1879 - 680 pages
...my answering in the affirmative, he put on an air of familiarity, and, smiling, or rather laughing, said — " There is an opinion among some people that...of all your countrymen to the manners of France." " That opinion, sir, is not mistaken ; / must avow to your -majesty, I have no attachment but to my... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1880 - 1254 pages
...on an sir of familiarity, and smiling, or rather, laughing, said, ' There is an opinion among toot people that you are not the most attached of all your...little embarrassed, but determined not to deny the troth on tie one hand, nor leave him to inter from It any attachment to England on the other. I threw... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1880 - 1246 pages
...on an air cf familiarity, and smiling, or rather, laughing, said, ' There is an opinion among sin* people that you are not the most attached of all your...France.' I was surprised at this, because I thought it >n indiscretion, and i descent from his dignity. 1 was a little embarrassed, but determined not to... | |
 | James Parton - 1880 - 688 pages
...France. Mr. Adams replied that he had. The king then assuming a familiar manner said, laughing : — " There is an opinion among some people that you are...of all your countrymen to the manners of France." This was touching Mr. Adams upon a tender point ; fur, during his long residence in France, he had... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1883 - 756 pages
...my answering in the affirmative, he put. on an air of familiarity, and, smiling, or rather laughing, said — " There is an opinion among some people that...of all your countrymen to the manners of France." " That opinion, sir, is not mistaken ; I must avow to your majesty, I have no at' tachment but to my... | |
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The king then asked me whether I came last from France ; and upon my answering in the affirmative, he put on an air of familiarity, and, smiling, or rather laughing, said, ' There is an opinion among some people that you are not the most attached of all... 
