 | Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 strani
...employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses ; those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire." His accounts, from the commencement of the war to the i3th of December, were... | |
 | John Russell Hussey - 1876 - 562 strani
...employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire/' DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. IN CONGRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1776. Agreeably to... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 strani
...employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire." GENERAL WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS. TO THE INHABITANTS OF CANADA, 1775. The following... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1876 - 878 strani
...employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire." 4 Page 232. fourteen thousand strong at the close of the year, extended from... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1876 - 766 strani
...arduous employment, at 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, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire." Four major-generals were to be appointed. General Ward \vas elected the second... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - 1876 - 1086 strani
...equal to the command I am honored _ with." Refusing any pay, he continued, " I •will keep an 1775. exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire." Congress resolved " to maintain and assist, and adhere to him with their lives... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1877 - 660 strani
...employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire." Washington was then forty-three years of age. Four major-generals and eight... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1878 - 450 strani
...employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire." 11. In a letter to his wife on this occasion, his sentiments are uttered with... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1879 - 380 strani
...employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge ; and that is all I desire.' " 28. This appointment was made two days before the battle of Banker Hill. There... | |
 | Mary Elsie Thalheimer - 1880 - 434 strani
...employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from It. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire." At this time Washington was forty-three years old. He had married Mrs. Martha... | |
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As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an... 
