 MY FRIENDS : No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not...  The Literary World - Page 1491877Full view - About this book
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...railway depot by a large concourse of his fellow-citizens, whom he addressed as follows: "Mr FRIENDS — No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness...this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...whom he addressed as follows : " Mr FRIENDS — No one not in my position can appreciate the Badness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have livei more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried.... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1862 - 850 pages
...the depot, and after he had shaken hands with a number of friends, he spoke as follows : MY FEIENDS: No one, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness...this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...1861. he bade fare well to his fellow-citizens at Springfield in these grave words : " MY FRIENDS : No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness...this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century, here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...railway depot by a large concourse of his fellow-citizens, whom he addressed as follows: "Mi FRIENDS — No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness...this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know... | |
 | Frank Moore - American literature - 1862 - 808 pages
...appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see yon again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1862 - 830 pages
...appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies iJuried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 796 pages
...he then stepped on tie platform and spoke as follows: " My friends : No one not in my portion сал appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here 1 ha« lived more than a quarter of a century. Here my children were born, and here one of them lies... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - African Americans - 1864 - 546 pages
...following touching address he took leave of his fellow-citizens at the railroad depot : "My friends! No one, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness...this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century. Here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know... | |
 | Horatio Balch Hackett - Patriotism - 1864 - 284 pages
...shaking hands with his more intimate friends, he addressed the crowd as follows: — "My Friends: — No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness...this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I... | |
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