 | 1856 - 880 strani
...accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to moke any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of...my expenses. Those I doubt not they will discharge. That is all I desire." To his wife — the revered and beloved partner of all his joys and griefs —... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1856 - 514 strani
...happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact ac count of my disbursements ; those, I doubt not, they will discharge. and that is all I desire." Grimshaw'a Hist. U, & 61. Attack on Sullivan's Island. In the months of June and July, 1776, the British... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1856 - 520 strani
...happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses ; these, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire." No, indeed, it was not worth while to think of money-making in the perilous path he was about to tread.... | |
 | John Pickell - 1856 - 178 strani
...happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. These I doubt not they will discharge, and that is all I desire. G. December 23, 1783. Mr. PRESIDENT : The events on which my resignation depended having at length... | |
 | John Gaylord Wells - 1857 - 150 strani
...But, lest some unlucky event should happen, unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered, by every gentleman in the room, that I, this day,...not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire." WASHINGTON'S BESIGNATION OF HIS COMMISSION. The War of the Revolution having terminated auspiciously,... | |
 | 1857 - 624 strani
...equal to the command I am honored with. As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, thtt u no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to...doubt not, they will discharge, and that Is all I deslre.*Jmrnalt qf Congreu, 1775. • At the «od of tb« w»r, WMhlofftoB prewnted M Mtount of hit... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 strani
...the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted 1775.] LOVE OF INDEPENDENCE. 225 me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense...not, they will discharge ; and that is all I desire." There was always something princely about Washington, and it never shone out more conspicuously than... | |
 | 1875 - 782 strani
...employment, •t the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit of it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those,...not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire." Four major-generals were also appointed, Artemas Ward, Charles Lee, Philip Schuyler, and Israel Putnam.... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1858 - 658 strani
...happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Tho*r, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire.* — Journals of Cangros, 1Г75, * At the end of the war, Wwhingtoo prrt*nte>i м sмиш! .if ka «¡i-4''-ï,... | |
 | 1859 - 370 strani
...But, lest some unlucky event should happen, unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered, by every gentleman in the room, that I, this day,...not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire. GENERAL WASHINGTON TO HIS TROOPS PREVIOUS TO THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND. THE time is now near at hand,... | |
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But, lest some unlucky event should happen, unfavorable 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 the command I am honored with. As... 
