I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame, the statesman, whose watchful days and sleepless nights are spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, perhaps the ruin of other... Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 314edited by - 1856Full view - About this book
| Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...— the statesman, whose watchful days and sleepless nights are spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufficient for us all, — and the courtier, who is always watching the countenance of his prince,... | |
| 1809 - 530 pages
...promote the welfare of his ' own, or the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufK' cient for us all — and the courtier, who is always watching the ' countenance of his prince, in the hope of catching a gracious smile, ' can have very little conception. I have not only retired from... | |
| David Ramsay - Presidents - 1807 - 486 pages
...to promote jfte, welfare of his o.wn, perhaps, .the ruin of other countries, as i£ this globe was insufficient for us all — -and the courtier, who...always watching the countenance of his prince, in the hope of catcbiqg a gracious smile — can have very little conception. 1 have not only retired... | |
| John Marshall - 1807 - 840 pages
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| Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
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| Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 pages
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| English literature - 1809 - 530 pages
...welfare of his own, or the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufficient for us all—and the courtier, who is always watching the countenance of his prince, in the hope of catching a gracious smile, can have very little conception. I have not only retired from... | |
| An Officer in the late army - 1826 - 524 pages
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| American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...— the statesman, whose watchful days and sleepless nights are spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufficient for us all, — and the courtier, who is always watching the countenance of his prince,... | |
| Stephen Simpson - Presidents - 1833 - 408 pages
...fame— the statesman whose watchful days and sleepless nights are -spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufficient for us all — and the courtier, who is always watching the countenance of his prince,... | |
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