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" I am wearied almost to death with the retrograde motion of things ; and I solemnly protest, that a pecuniary reward of twenty thousand pounds a year would not induce me to undergo what I do, and, after all, perhaps to lose my character; as it is impossible,... "
Life of George Washington: Written for Children - Page 117
by E. Cecil - 1859 - 258 pages
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 17

Robert Walsh - American literature - 1835 - 582 pages
...this or that member of Assembly. " I am wearied almost to death with the retrograde motion of tiiings, and I solemnly protest, that a pecuniary reward of...is impossible, under such a variety of distressing cireumstances, to conduct matters agreeably to public expectation, or- even to the expectation of those...
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An Inquiry Into the Views, Services, Principles, and Influences of ..., Volume 1

Thaddeus Allen - United States - 1847 - 574 pages
...idea of our situation. * * * ' I am wearied almost to death with the retrograde motion of things, and solemnly protest, that a pecuniary reward of twenty...a year would not induce me to undergo what I do.' Gen. Washington to the President of Congress, Dec. 20. ' 1 have labored, ever since I have been in...
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Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed: Military Secretary of ..., Volume 1

William Bradford Reed - United States - 1847 - 460 pages
...attachments of this or that member of Assembly. I am wearied to death with the retrograde motion of things, and I solemnly protest that a pecuniary reward of twenty thousand pounds would not induce me to undergo what I do," &c. — Sparks't Washington, iv. 184. to move Mount Atlas....
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Works, Volume 8

Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pages
...commenced until it was too late to be effected I am wearied almost to death with the retrograde motion of things ; and I solemnly protest, that a pecuniary...circumstances, to conduct matters agreeably to public expectations." CHAPTEK XLI. THE ENEMY CROSS THE HUDSON.— RETREAT OP THE GARRISON FROM FORT LEB. —...
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Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington

Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 266 pages
...sympathizing recipient of his confidence : — " I am wearied to death with the retrograde motion of things, and I solemnly protest that a pecuniary reward of twenty thousand pounds would not induce me to undergo what I do."* "In a word, if every nerve is not strained to recruit the...
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Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington

Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 276 pages
...sympathizing recipient of his confidence : — " I am wearied to death with the retrograde motion of things, and I solemnly protest that a pecuniary reward of twenty thousand pounds would not induce me to undergo what I do."* " In a word, if every nerve is not strained to recruit...
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History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution ..., Volume 1

George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional history - 1854 - 564 pages
...wearied almost to death," said the Commanderin-chief, in a private letter, "with the retrograde motion of things, and I solemnly protest that a pecuniary reward...perhaps, to lose my character, as it is impossible, tinder such a variety of distressing circumstances, to conduct matters agreeably to public expectation,...
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Life of George Washington, Volume 2

Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 1855 - 554 pages
...until it was too late to be effected. * * * I am wearied almost to death with the retrograde motion of things ; and I solemnly protest, that a pecuniary...conduct matters agreeably to public expectation." CHAPTER XLI. THE ENEMY CROSS THE HUDSON — RETREAT OF THE GARRISON FROM FORT LEE — TDE CROSSING...
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Democratic Speeches on Kansas: Pamphlet Vol.], Volume 1

United States - 1856 - 654 pages
...attachments of this or that member of Assembly. "I am wearied, almost to feath, with the retrograde motion of things ; and I solemnly protest, that a pecuniary...do, and after all, perhaps, to lose my character." — 4 Sparks, p. 183. On the 5th of December, 1776, at Trenton, j Washington reported his continued...
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Life of George Washington, Volume 2

Washington Irving - Presidents - 1857 - 590 pages
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