 | Mary Theresa Leiter - 1889 - 182 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." Washington's history during the next eight years is the history of the Revolution,... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1894 - 696 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." " You may believe me," he wrote to his wife at once, " when I assure you, in... | |
 | Elizabeth Bryant Johnston - 1895 - 270 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." 1786 General Washington records in his diary : " Began about 10 o'clock to put... | |
 | Louise Manly - 1895 - 542 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. A MILITARY DINNER-PARTY. [Letter to Dr. John Cochran, West Point, ib August,... | |
 | Louise Manly - 1895 - 564 strani
...employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep a,n exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire. o A MILITARY DINNER-PARTY. [Lttter la Dr. Jek» Ceckran, Wist Point, tb August,... | |
 | Louise Manly - 1895 - 554 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. I D I o I A MILITARY DINNER-PARTY. [Letter to Dr. John Cochran, West Point, ib... | |
 | Hamilton Wright Mabie - 1896 - 750 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. That is all I desire." To his wife, the object of his most tender affection, he wrote that it was his... | |
 | 1896 - 752 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. That is all I desire." To his wife, the object of his most tender affection, he wrote that it was his... | |
 | New York (State). Governor - 1899 - 930 strani
...Employment, at the Expence 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." On the same day, the 16th of June, the general organization of the army was... | |
 | Charles Bradlaugh - 1899 - 256 strani
...happiness, I do not wish to make any profit of it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. These, I doubt not, they will discharge, and this is all I desire." Adams, in a letter written at the moment, praises highly the conduct of Washington, " a gentleman of... | |
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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... 
