| John Frost - 1847 - 602 strani
...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 every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family,... | |
| George Washington - 1847 - 588 strani
...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 every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family,... | |
| Charles Jacobs Peterson - 1848 - 586 strani
...from a consciousness of the magnitude and responsibility of the office. He wrote home to his wife, "so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it." A few months later, he writes to a friend, " my situation is so irksome to me, at times, that, if /... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 strani
...her on the subject is written in a tone of manly tenderness. " You may believe me," writes he, " when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so...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 consciousness of its being... | |
| Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 204 strani
...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...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 consciousness of its being... | |
| Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 266 strani
...other eyes than her own to trace the cherished records. " You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when 1 assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far...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 consciousness of its being... | |
| Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 276 strani
...eyes than her own to trace the cherished records. «•* " You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when 1 assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far...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 consciousness of its being... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1851 - 572 strani
...letters to that lady which has - . 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... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 594 strani
...after his appointment, he snid, " You may believe me, my dear Patsy [the familiar name of Martha], when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking the appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 596 strani
...after his appointment, he said. " You may believe me, my dear Patsy [the familiar name of Martha], when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking the npimintnicni. 1 have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness... | |
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