 At length, my dear Marquis," he wrote, I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac ; and under the shadow of my own vine and fig-tree, free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil...  Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette - Page 78by Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier marquis de Lafayette - 1837Full view - About this book
 | 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,... | |
 | 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 iŁ 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
...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, of which the...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
...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... | |
 | John Marshall - Presidents - 1836 - 500 pages
...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...this globe was insufficient for us all — and the cour tier who is always watching the countenance of his prince in the hope of catching a gracious smile... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - Biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...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...devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, or the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufficient for us all — and the courtier,... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1836 - 530 pages
...solacing myself with those tranquil enjoynicnts of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame-jthe statesman, whose watchful days and sleepless nights...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... | |
 | English literature - 1841 - 508 pages
...my own fig-tree, free from the hustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the...statesman, whose watchful days and sleepless nights arc spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries,... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1847 - 474 pages
...and own fig tree, free from the nustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of publick life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the...statesman whose watchful days and sleepless nights arc spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries... | |
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