... to vary the name; for I feared lest it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the King, as it truly was, to my father, whom he often mentions with praise. Anecdotes of Public Men - 350 psl.autoriai: John Wien Forney - 1881 - 444 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| George Philip Krapp - 1925 - 412 psl.
...refused, he proposed Sylvania, "and they added Penn to it." "And though I opposed it," continues Penn, "and went to the King to have it struck out and altered, he said it was past, and would take it upon him; nor could twenty guineas move the under secretary to vary... | |
| George Patterson Donehoo - 1926 - 614 psl.
...head woodlands; for I proposed, when the secretary, a Welshman, refused to have it called New Wales, Sylvania, and they added Penn to it, and though I...the king to have it struck out and altered, he said it was past, and would not take it upon him; nor could twenty guineas move the under-sec retary to... | |
| Thomas Allen Glenn - 1970 - 452 psl.
...head woodlands ; for I proposed, when the Secretary, a Welshman, refused to have it called New Wales, Sylvania, and they added Penn to it ; and though I...said, 'twas past, and would take it upon him ; nor could twenty guineas move the Under Secretary to vary the name." It has indeed been claimed that the... | |
| Jean R. Soderlund - 1983 - 436 psl.
...head woodlands. For I proposed, when the secretary, a Welshman,4 refused to have it called New-Wales, Sylvania, and they added Penn to it; and though I...the king to have it struck out and altered, he said it was passed and he would take it upon him.' Nor could twenty guineas move the undersecretaries6 to... | |
| Samuel Sloan - 1869 - 978 psl.
...,-J for I proposed, when the secretary, a Welshman, refused to have it called New Wales, Stluania ; and they added Penn to it, and though I much opposed...he said 'twas past, and would take it upon him, nor could twenty guineas move the undcr-secrelaries to vary the name, for I feared, least it should be... | |
| 1882 - 990 psl.
...a Welshman, refused to have it called New Wales) Sylvania, and they added Penn to it, and although I much opposed it, and went to the King to have it...take it upon him ; nor would twenty guineas move the under Secretaries to change the name, for I feared lest it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and... | |
| 1826 - 66 psl.
...for I proposed when the secretary a Welshman refused to have it called New Wales, Sylvnnia, and they added Penn to it ; and though I much opposed...went to the king to have it struck out and altered, but he said, 'twas past, and would take it upon him 5 nor could twenty guineas move the under secretary... | |
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