 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 276 strani
...with a heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move...the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." Once thoroughly re-established in the beloved home of their earlier, and happy years, Genera and Mrs.... | |
 | Edward Rogers - 1851 - 188 strani
...hear him say : " Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all; in this order of march, 1 will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers ;" and on his death bed hear him say, "I am not afraid to die." You will also see the young and accomplished... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 strani
...private life with heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all, and move gently down the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." — Washington's Life, vol. v, p. 2. Dr. Chambers, in speaking of Queen Charlotte's death, uses these... | |
 | 1855 - 506 strani
...with heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move...the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." Mr. MIKIHILL tlnu finishes this beautiful picture.— ED. For several months after reaching Mount Vernon,... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - 1855 - 440 strani
...with a heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move...the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." Acting in the spirit of these words, he applied himself to the improvement of his estate, — reduced... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1855 - 400 strani
...with heart-felt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move...the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." This invitation Lafayette could not resist, It was attended also with a polite request that the Marchioness... | |
 | 1855 - 632 strani
...with a heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move...the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." The Mount Vernon estates consisted of five farms — Mansion House Farm ; Union Farm ; Dogue Run Farm... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1194 strani
...none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being A SOLDIER'S REPOSE. 509 the order of my march, I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers." And subsequently, in a letter to the Marchioness de Lafayette, inviting her to America to see the country,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1855 - 638 strani
...Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order for my march, I will move gently down the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." To General Knox he wrote; "I am just beginning to experience that ease and freedom from public cares,... | |
 | 1855 - 804 strani
...of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of ni\ march, I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with fathers.' In the following August Lafayette revisited this country and passed two weeks with the chief... | |
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I have not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk, and tread the paths of private life, with heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all;... 
