You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a... The Works of Washington Irving ... - Page 415by Washington Irving - 1860Full view - About this book
| Railroad engineering - 1834 - 436 pages
...proceed immediate, ly to Boston, to take upo:i me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that,...appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid il, not only from a con. sciou?ness of its being a trust too great for my capacity, and that I should... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 580 pages
...proceed immediately to Boston to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that,...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family,... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 578 pages
...proceed immediately to Boston to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that,...so far from seeking this appointment. I have used even" endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part widi you and the family,... | |
| James Kirke Paulding - American essays - 1835 - 474 pages
...proceed immediately to Boston, to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you in the most solemn manner, that...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part from you and the family,... | |
| James Kirke Paulding - 1835 - 228 pages
...proceed immediately to Boston, to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you in the most solemn manner, that...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part from you and the family,... | |
| James Kirke Paulding - Southern States - 1835 - 224 pages
...appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part from you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity, and that I should enjoy more real happiness and felicity in one month with you at home, than I have the... | |
| Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 430 pages
...you, in the most solemn manner that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness...its being a trust too great for my capacity ; and that I 'should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 pages
...letters to that lady which has . L*L . been preserved : " You may believe me, my dear 1775. " Patsy, when I assure you in the most solemn " manner that so far from seeking this appoint" ment I have used every endeavour in my power " to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness... | |
| George Washington - United States - 1837 - 644 pages
...and under circumstances which prove them to have flowed from his heart. "You may believe me," said he, "when I assure you, in the most solemn manner,...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family,... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 654 pages
...and under circumstances which prove them to have flowed from his heart. "You may believe me," said he, "when I assure you, in the most solemn manner,...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family,... | |
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