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" Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments... "
The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army ... - Page 48
by Aaron Bancroft - 1826
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The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the ..., Volume 4

William Gordon - United States - 1788 - 500 pages
...who have the fuperintendence of them to his holy keeping. '* Having now finifhed the work affigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affec\ ••' 3 donate taonate farewel to this auguft body, under whofe orders *783 I have (a long...
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Washington's Political Legacies: To which is Annexed an Appendix, Containing ...

George Washington - Presidents - 1800 - 240 pages
...moment, as worthy of the favorable notice and patronage of Congress. " i consider it as an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official...great theatre of action ; and bidding an affectionate farewel to this august body, under whose orders I have long a&ed, I here offer my commission, and take...
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Eulogies and Orations on the Life and Death of General George Washington ...

Eulogies - 1800 - 336 pages
...thofe who have the fuperintendence of them to his holy keeping. Having now finifhed the work affigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and bidding an affectionate farewell to this auguft body, under whofe orders I have long acted, I here offer my commiffion, and take my leave of...
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Washington's Political Legacies: To which is Annexed an Appendix, Containing ...

George Washington - Presidents - 1800 - 232 pages
...those confidential officers, who have attended your person to this affecting moment. *' WE join you in commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, beseeching Him to dispose the hearts and minds of its citizens, to improve the opportunity afforded...
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The American Preceptor: Being a New Selection of Lessons for Reading and ...

Caleb Bingham - Literature - 1801 - 234 pages
...thofe who have the fuperintendeuce of them, to his holy keeping. 7. Having now rimmed the work afligned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewel to this auguft body, undet whofe orders I have fo long acted, I here offer my commiffion, and...
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The Washingtoniana: Containing a Sketch of the Life and Death of the Late ...

1802 - 440 pages
...his commission to congress : " I consider it as an indispensible duty to close this last solemn ait of my official life, by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protecbe placed himself between bis own men and the British, with bia horses bead fronting the latter....
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking ...: To which are ...

Noah Webster - Readers - 1802 - 278 pages
...Who have the fuperintendence of them to his holy Jteeping. j. Having now finifhrd the work affigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affeftionate farewel to this atiguft body, under whofe orders I have fo long a&ed, I here ofTer my...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...as worthy of the favorable notice and patronage of Congress. 6. I consider it as an inclispensible duty- to close this last solemn act of my official...God, and those who have the superintendence of them lo his holy keeping. 7. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of...
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The History of the Discovery and Settlement: To the Present Time, of North ...

William Fordyce Mavor - America - 1804 - 432 pages
...moment, as worthy of the favourable notice and patronage of congress. I consider it as an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official...interests of our dearest country to the protection of AimightGi 284 AMBKICA. w•tere he earnestly hoped to spend the remainder of his days in an honourable...
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Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to ...

William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1804 - 458 pages
...remainder cf his days in an honourable retirement. God, and those who have the superintcndance of then, to his holy keeping. " Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great thcntrc of action; and bidding an ailVii tionate farewell to thifc august body, under whose orderI...
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