 | Benson John Lossing - 1886 - 390 strani
...my seat the day before Christmas, having previously divested myself of my official character. . . . The scene is at last closed. I feel myself eased of...our best respects to Mrs. Clinton and the family." Nature seemed to sympathize with Washington and his wife in their strong desire for absolute rest and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1887 - 666 strani
...sacred and genial festival. " The scene is at last closed," said he in a letter to Governor Clinton ; " I feel myself eased of a load of public care. I hope...men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues," The Federal Constitution. — From his quiet retreat at Mount Vernon, Washington, though ostensibly... | |
 | John Fiske - 1888 - 670 strani
...sacred and genial festival. " The scene is at last closed," said he in a letter to Governor Clinton ; " I feel myself eased of a load of public care. I hope...men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues." The Federal Constitution. — From his quiet retreat at Mount Vernon, Washington, though ostensibly... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1889 - 420 strani
...he had abandoned for eight weary years. Four days after his return he wrote to Governor Clinton: " The scene is at last closed. I feel myself eased of...men and in the practice of the domestic virtues." That the hope was sincere we may well suppose, but that it was more than a hope may be doubted. It... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1893 - 668 strani
...sacred and genial festival. "The scene is at last closed," said he in a letter to Governor Clinton ; " I feel myself eased of a load of public care. I hope...men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues." The Federal Constitution. — From his quiet retreat at Mount Vernon, Washington, though ostensibly... | |
 | George Washington - 1894 - 510 strani
...fixed, at twelve today ;* after which, I shall become a private citizen on the banksf of the Potomac. The scene is at last closed. I feel myself eased of...men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues. 1783. DOMESTIC EASE. Freed from the clangor of arms, and the bustle of a camp, from the cares of public... | |
 | Bradley Tyler Johnson - 1894 - 384 strani
...morning, and reached Mount Vernon the same night — Christmas eve. As he wrote George Clinton : " The scene is at last closed. I feel myself eased of...men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues." This is the last scene in the life of George Washington, soldier, by his own fireside, with his wife... | |
 | 1894 - 568 strani
...struggle, was ever in his mind, and where he hoped, to use his own words, " to spend the remainder of hia days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues." But the end was not yet! There was to be but a brief period of repose; other and more trying years... | |
 | 1894 - 652 strani
...struggle, was ever in his mind, and where he hoped, to use his own words, " to spend the remainder of his days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues." But the end was not yet ! There was to be but a brief period of repose; other and more trying years... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1896 - 668 strani
...sacred and genial festival. " The scene is at last closed," said he in a letter to Governor Clinton ; " I feel myself eased of a load of public care. I hope...men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues." The Federal Constitution. — From his quiet retreat at Mount Vernon, Washington, though ostensibly... | |
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I feel myself eased of a load of public care. I hope to spend the remainder of my days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues. 
