 | Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...my own vine and my own figtree, free from the bustle of a camp and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments...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... | |
 | 1809 - 530 pages
...myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which die soldier, who is ever in pur' suit of fame — die statesman, whose watchful days and sleepless ' nights...devising schemes to 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,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1807 - 840 pages
...own vine, and my own fig tree, free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments,...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... | |
 | David Ramsay - Presidents - 1807 - 486 pages
...tree, free from the bustle of a camp and the busy scenes ,pf public life, I am solacing myselfwitfi those tranquil enjoyments, • of .-which the. soldier,...sleepless nights are spent in devising schemes to promote jfte, welfare of his o.wn, perhaps, .the ruin of other countries, as i£ this globe was insufficient... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...camp, and the busy scenes of publick life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, pf which the soldier who is ever in pursuit of fame, the statesman whose watchful clays and sleepless nights are spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own perhaps... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 pages
...my own vine and own fig tree,. free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments,...his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries (as if the globe was insufficient for us all), and the courtier who is always watching the countenance of... | |
 | English literature - 1809 - 530 pages
...own vine, and my own fig-tree. Free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, 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... | |
 | David Ramsay - Presidents - 1811 - 522 pages
...own vine and my own figtree, free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments...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... | |
 | David Ramsay - Generals - 1814 - 274 pages
...scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments of which the soldier, wtio is ever in pursuit of fame ; the statesman, whose...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... | |
 | An Officer in the late army - 1826 - 524 pages
...vine, and my own fig-tree, free from the bustle of the camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments,...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... | |
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At length, my dear marquis, I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, and under the shadow of my own vine and my own fig-tree, free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life. I am solacing myself with those tranquil... 
