 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 - Pàgina 105per Washington Irving - 1829 - 311 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 502 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...were observed towards sovereigns. At this repast, is said to hare occurred the well known anecdote of the egg. A shallow courtier present, impatient...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... | |
 | 1832 - 548 pàgines
...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.... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1833 - 290 pàgines
...circumstance, often related ; but it must be new to you, and you shall have it in the words of Mr. Irving. * " A shallow courtier present, impatient of the honours...of him as a foreigner, abruptly asked him, whether ha thought that, in case he had not discovered the Indies, there were not other men in Spain, who would... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 436 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
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