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" I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellowcitizens ; and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination... "
The Writings of George Washington: Life of Washington - Page 442
by George Washington - 1837
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Washington's Political Legacies: To which is Annexed an Appendix, Containing ...

George Washington - Presidents - 1800 - 240 pages
...appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected. All I dare hope is, that if in executing this task I have been too much swayed by a grateful...share of the partiality in which they originated. SUCH being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the...
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Addresses of the Successive Presidents to Both Houses of Congress, at the ...

United States. President - Presidents - 1805 - 276 pages
...a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendant proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens ; and...share of the partiality in which they originated. Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the...
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The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces ...

Caleb Bingham - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1807 - 312 pages
...which it might be alVected. All I dare hope is, that if, in executing this task, I have been too ranch swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances,...share of the partiality in which they originated. Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to tha...
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The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 5

John Marshall - 1807 - 840 pages
...by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow citizens : and have thence too little consulted my incapacity,...share of the partiality in which they originated. "Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the...
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An Essay on the Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me ; my errour will be palliated by the motives which misled me,...share of the partiality in which they originated. " Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the publick summons, repaired to the...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - Presidents - 1807 - 486 pages
...weighty and untried cares before me, my rerr.or will be palliated by the motive-s which misled roe, and its consequences be judged by my. country with...share of the partiality in which they originated. " Such .being the impressions .under .which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 pages
...by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendant proof of the confidence of my fellow citizens ; and have thence too little consulted my incapacity...share of the partiality in which they originated. " Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the...
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The Life of George Washington: First President, and Commander in Chief of ...

John Corry - 1809 - 262 pages
...the weighty and untried cares before me — my error will be palliated by the motives which mislead me, and its consequences be judged by my country,...share of the partiality in which they originated. " Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - Generals - 1814 - 274 pages
...consulted my incapacity, as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me ; my ERUOH will be palliated by the motives which misled me,...share of the partiality in which they originated. " Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the...
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State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States from the Accession ...

United States - 1815 - 508 pages
...consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination, for the weighty and untried cares before me, my errour will be palliated by the motives •which misled me,...share of the partiality in which they originated. it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that...
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