 | 1840 - 876 pages
...accompany me. At that time several people were plaguing him to go to Greece. ' Ah ! ' he said in a sportive manner, 'let fourteen captains come and ask...go.' He was ashamed to say he had only been joking, so it ended in his undertaking to go. * * He was not well when he set out. In Greece they wanted to... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 536 pages
...not accompany me. At that time several people were plaguing him to go to Greece. 'Ah!' he said in a sportive manner, 'let fourteen captains come and ask...go.' He was ashamed to say he had only been joking, so it ended in his undertaking to go. ***** He was not well when he set out. In Greece they wanted... | |
 | 1840 - 880 pages
...not accompany me. At that time several people were plaguing him to go to Greece. ' Ah !' he said in a sportive manner, 'let fourteen captains come and ask...go.' He was ashamed to say he had only been joking, so it ended in his undertaking to go. * * * * * He was not well when he set out. la Greece they wanted... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1841 - 836 pages
...not accompany me. At that time several people were plaguing him to go to Greece. Ah, he said, in a sportive manner, ' Let fourteen captains come and...came to him, and said, ' Here we are, will you now go !' Ho was ashamed to say he had only been joking, (you know how fond he was of saying things in that... | |
 | 1841 - 832 pages
...accompany rue. At that time several people »veré plaguing him to go to Greece. Ah, he said, in a sportive manner, ' Let fourteen captains come and...me to go, and go I will.' Well, fourteen captains cnme to him, and said, ' Here we are, will you now go !' He was ashamed to say he had only been joking,... | |
 | 1842 - 1212 pages
...go into Greece. Ah ! he said, in a sportive manner, let fourteen captains come and ask me to go, and I will. — Well ! fourteen captains came to him and said, here we are, will you now go ? He was ashanred to say he had only heen joking, (you know how fond he was of saying things in that light joking... | |
 | John Wilson, John Gibson Lockhart - 1854 - 532 pages
...and again he was solicited, each time more strongly. At last, he sportively said to the Guiccioli, "Let fourteen captains come and ask me to go, and go I will." " Ah," said the dama, " there are not fourteen Greek captains in Italy ; now I know that you will remain."... | |
 | John Wilson, James Hogg, John Gibson Lockhart - 1854 - 522 pages
...and again he was solicited, each time more strongly.* At last, he sportively said to the Guiccioli, "Let fourteen captains come and ask me to go, and go I will." " Ah," said the dama, " there are not fourteen Greek captains in Italy ; now I know that you will remain."... | |
 | 1902 - 782 pages
...had occasion to go to Ravenna. Several people were plaguing him to go to Greece. " Ah," he said, in a sportive manner, " Let fourteen captains come and...? " He was ashamed to say he had only been joking. ... In Greece they wanted to bleed him; he would not be bled, and so he died ! ' The Countess paused,... | |
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Well, fourteen captains came to him, and said, ' Here we are, will you now go... 