 | James Kirke Paulding - 1835 - 294 pages
...in his power, the priceless riches of his precepts and example. I " In looking forward," he says, " to the moment which is intended to terminate the career...do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country for the many honours it has conferred upon... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circum-stances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary,...forbid it. In looking forward to the moment which is to terminate the career of my political life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary,...forbid it. In looking forward to the moment which is to terminate the career of my political life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1837 - 620 pages
...retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied, that, if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary,...do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude, which I owe to my beloved country for the many honors it has conferred upon... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1837 - 246 pages
...retirement is as necessary to me as it will he welcome*. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary,,...while. choice, and: prudence invite me to quit the politicali scene v patri->. otism does not forbid it. M In looking forward to the moment which is ib-.... | |
 | George Washington - 1838 - 114 pages
...retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary,...forbid it. In looking forward to the moment which is to terminate the career of my publick life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgement... | |
 | L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 364 pages
...retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary,...life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgement of that debt of gratitude -which I owe to my beloved country, for the many honours... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1840 - 394 pages
...retirement is as necessary to me, as it will be welcome. Satisfied that, if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary,...do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country, for the many honors it has conferred upon... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1840 - 384 pages
...that, if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have tht consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence...do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country, foi the many honors it has conferred upon... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - Presidents - 1840 - 256 pages
...retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary,...intended to terminate the career of my public life, .rny feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I... | |
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... strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself; and every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar... 
