| Samuel George Arnold - 1840 - 238 strani
...should happen, unfavourable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room, that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to this command." On the subject of pay, he said ; " I beg leave to assure the congress, that as no pecuniary... | |
| Mary Bowley - 1842 - 550 strani
...should happen unfavourable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in this room, that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity,...think myself equal to the command I am honoured with." Four days after the vote of the congress, he received his commission from the president, John Hancock,... | |
| Horatio Hastings Weld - 1845 - 250 strani
...event should happen unfavourable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room, that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity,...think myself equal to the command I am honoured with. " As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have... | |
| Jacob K. Neff - 1845 - 642 strani
...my reputation, I beg it may be remembered, by every gentleman in the room, that I this day declared, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honoured with. " As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that as no pecuniary considerations could have... | |
| Horatio Hastings Weld - 1846 - 250 strani
...event should happen unfavourable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room, that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity,...think myself equal to the command I am honoured with. " As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have... | |
| William Hickey - 1846 - 396 strani
...should happen, unfavorable to ray reputation, I beg it may be remembered, by every gentleman in the room, that I, this day, declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. "As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration... | |
| John Frost - 1847 - 602 strani
...should happen, unfavourable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room, that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity,...think myself equal to the command I am honoured with. "As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have... | |
| Thaddeus Allen - 1847 - 574 strani
...happen, unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered, by every gentleman in the room, that / this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. " As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1848 - 472 strani
...should happen, unfavourable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room, that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity,...think myself equal to the command I am honoured with. 1 beg leave, Sir, to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1848 - 394 strani
...should happen, unfavourable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by* every gentleman in the room, that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity,...think myself equal to the command I am honoured with." At the same time he declined all pecuniary compensation, which, before the appointment, had been fixed... | |
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