"Understated" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... message was, it really understated the desperate condition of British and Allied finances. That the warring powers were extremely pressed for money has long been known; but Page's papers reveal for the first time the fact that they were facing the prospect of bankruptcy itself. "The whole Allied combination on this ...
— The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II • Burton J. Hendrick
... Andrew answered, "comes from the Duke of Westerham. I have every reason to believe that the case against him has been understated." ...
— Jeanne of the Marshes • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... went ahead to reconnoitre, and found that the Indians had rather understated the difficulties of the water route. To descend the Lemhi was entirely out of the question. Clark dispatched a messenger to Captain Lewis, telling of what he had discovered, and wrote in his ...
— Lewis and Clark - Meriwether Lewis and William Clark • William R. Lighton
... his statements in open meeting. To clinch the matter still further Mr. Washington wrote to the Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association in Brockton, who replied that Terry's story had, if anything, been understated rather than overstated. Booker Washington himself told Watt Terry's story in the pages of the Independent for March 27, 1913. Here it is: "... Mr. Terry is a modest-appearing young man about thirty ...
— Booker T. Washington - Builder of a Civilization • Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe |
