 | Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 strani
...justifies his policy of holding neutrality in the words : " After deliberate examination with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied...maintain it with moderation, perseverance, and firmness. . . . With me a predominant motive has been to gain time to our country to settle and mature its yet... | |
 | Octavius Pickering, Charles Wentworth Upham - 1873 - 516 strani
...take, and was bound in duty and interest to take, a neutral position. Having taken it, I determined, so far as should depend upon me, to maintain it with moderation, perseverance, and firmness." He deserves to be remembered with gratitude by all coming generations, for having- preserved to his... | |
 | Charles Nordhoff - 1875 - 214 strani
...uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination, with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied...considerations which respect the right to hold this condnct it is not necessary on this occasion to detail. I will only observe that, according to my understanding... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1104 strani
...uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination with tho aid of tho best lights I could obtain, [*] I was well satisfied...right to hold this conduct, [it is not necessary] f on this occasion [to detail.] I will only observe, that according to ray understanding of tho matter,... | |
 | Charles Nordhoff - 1880 - 212 strani
...uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination, with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied that our country, under all the circumstances of tlie case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest to take, a neutral position. Having... | |
 | Walter Raleigh Houghton - 1882 - 596 strani
...uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination, with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied...take, and was bound in duty and interest to take, a national position. Having taken it, I determined, as far as should depend upon me, to maintain it with... | |
 | Walter Raleigh Houghton - 1882 - 592 strani
...circumstances of the case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest to take, a national position. Having taken it, I determined, as far as...to maintain it with moderation, perseverance, and lirmiu'ss. The considerations which respect the right to hold this conduct, it is not necessary on... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 536 strani
...uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert mo from it. After deliberate examination with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, [*] I was well...right to hold this conduct, [it is not necessary] f on this occasion [to detail.] I will only observe, that according to my understanding of the matter,... | |
 | Benjamin La Fevre - 1884 - 532 strani
...belligerent powers, has been virtually admitted by all. After deliberate examination, with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied...it with moderation, perseverance, and firmness. The duty of holding neutral conduct may be inferred, without anything more, from the obligation which justice... | |
 | George Washington - 1886 - 78 strani
...uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination, with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied...Having taken it, I determined, as far as should depend unon me, to maintain it, with moderation, perseverance and firmness. The considerations which respect... | |
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After deliberate examination with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, [*] I was well satisfied that our country, under all the circumstances of the case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest, to take a Neutral position. — Having... 
