 It may be thought that I am going a good deal out of the line of my duty, to adopt these measures, or to advise thus freely. A character to lose, an estate to forfeit, the inestimable blessings of liberty at stake, and a life devoted, must be my excuse.  Life of George Washington - Stran 519avtor: Washington Irving - 1856Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Bradford Reed - 1847 - 460 strani
...thought that I am going a good deal out of the line of my duty to adopt these measures, or to advise them freely. A character to lose, an estate to forfeit,...at stake, and a life devoted, must be my excuse." — Vfashington's Works, iv. p. 235. f Galloway in his pamphlet on the conduct of the war in the middle... | |
 | William Bradford Reed - 1847 - 466 strani
...thought that I am going a good deal out of the line of my duty to adopt these measures, or to advise them freely. A character to lose, an estate to forfeit, the inestimable blessings of liberty ut stake, and a life devoted, must be my excuse." — Washington's Works, iv. p. 235. Reed returned... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1848 - 472 strani
...observations. " It may be thought that I am going a good deal out of the line of my duty to adopt these measures, or to advise thus freely. A character to...of liberty at stake and a life devoted, must be my apology." These weighty representations were not fruitless. Congress, by a resolution, invested their... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1855 - 464 strani
...observations. " It may be thought that I am going a good deal out of the line of my duty to adopt these measures, or to advise thus freely. A character to lose, an estate lo forfeit, the inestimable blessings of liberty at slake •nd a life devoted, must be my apology."... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 422 strani
...the best. It may be thought that I am going a good deal out of the line of my duty, to adopt these measures, or to advise thus freely. A character to...at stake, and a life devoted, must be my excuse." While writing the letter of which the foregoing is an extract, Washington was meditating the design,... | |
 | 1856 - 654 strani
...for the best. It may be thought that I am going a good deal out of the line of my duty to adopt these measures, or to advise thus freely. A character to...to forfeit, the inestimable blessings of liberty at slake, and a life devoted, must be my excuse. — 4 Sparks, p. 333. On the 9th of January, 1777, Washington... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1857 - 472 strani
...observations. •• It may be thought that I am going a good deal oat of the lino of my duty to adopt these measures, or to advise thus freely. A character to...to forfeit, the inestimable blessings of liberty at slake and a life devoted, must be rny apology." These weighty representations were not fruitless. Congress,... | |
 | George Washington Parke Custis - 1860 - 756 strani
...and added : " It may be thought that I am going a good deal out of the line of my duty to adopt these measures, or to advise thus freely. A character to...stake, and a life devoted, must be my excuse." The Congress had already resolved to establish a grand army of eighty-eight battnlions of seven hundred... | |
 | George Washington Parke Custis - 1860 - 670 strani
...good deal out of the line of my duty to adopt these measures, or to advise thus freely. A charaeter to lose, an estate to forfeit, the inestimable blessings...stake, and a life devoted, must be my excuse." The Congress had already resolved to establish a grand army of cighty-cight battnlions of scven hundred... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 872 strani
...for the best. It may be thought that lam going a good deal out of the line of my duty to adopt these measures, or to advise thus freely. A character to...to forfeit, the inestimable blessings of liberty at stoke, and a life devoted, must be my exc\ise." Washington a MILITARY DICTATOR for six months.* His... | |
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