 | United States. President (1885-1889 : Cleveland) - United States - 1839 - 596 pages
...Sons of St. Patrick, of which this association is the successor, that it "has always been noted for the firm adherence of its members to the glorious cause in which we are engaged." These are priceless words, and they render most fitting the part which the members of the... | |
 | Samuel Hood - Irish - 1844 - 126 pages
...BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF SOME OF THE MEMBERS, AND EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES. "A Society distinguished for the firm adherence of its members to the glorious cause in which we are embarked." — Extract from Oen. Washington's Letter to the President of the Society.— Poet, p. 47. PREPARED... | |
 | History - 1863 - 434 pages
...distinyinshed for the ßrrn adherence of its members to the ylorious cause in which we are einharked. " Give me leave to assure you, sir, that I shall never cast my eyes upon the badge with which I am honoured, but with a grateful remembrance of the polite and affectionate manner in which it was presented.... | |
 | Thomas Nicolas Burke - 1872 - 150 pages
...ensign of so worthy a fraternity as that of the Sons of Saint Patrick ; a Society distinguished for the firm adherence of its members to the glorious cause in which we are embarked." During that time what greater honor could have been bestowed by Washington than that which he bestowed... | |
 | Thomas Nicolas Burke - British - 1873 - 252 pages
...worthy a fraternity as that of the Sons of St. Patrick, in this city — a society distinguished for the firm adherence of its members to the glorious cause- in which we are embarked." During that time what greater honor could have been bestowed by Washington than that which he bestowed... | |
 | Catholic literature - 1876 - 422 pages
...fraternity as that of the Sons of St. Patrick, in this city (Philadelphia), a society distinguished for the firm adherence of its members to the glorious cause in which we are embarked." The ranks of the famous Pennsylvania Line were chiefly filled with Irishmen, and the regiments composing... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - New Hampshire - 1888 - 440 pages
...so worthy a fraternity as that of the Sons of St. Patrick, in this city, a society distinguished for the firm adherence of its members to the glorious cause in which we are embarked." This organization is still in existence, and our governor, Hon. Charles H. Sawyer, had an opportunity... | |
 | Philip Henry Bagenal - Irish - 1882 - 302 pages
...in a letter to the president of the society, where he described the society as " distinguished for the firm adherence of its members to the glorious cause in which we are embarked." The lives of the members of the society, * " A Brief Account of the Society of the Friendly Sons of... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - Local history - 1888 - 452 pages
...so worthy a fraternity as that of the Sons of St. Patrick, in this city, a society distinguished for the firm adherence of its members to the glorious cause in which we are embarked." This organization is still in existence, and our governor, Hon. Charles H. Sawyer, had an opportunity... | |
 | Democratic National Committee (U.S.) - Campaign literature - 1888 - 676 pages
...Sons of St. Patrick, of which this association is the successor, that it " has always been noted for the firm adherence of its members to the glorious cause in which we are engaged." These are priceless words, and they render most fitting the part which the members of the... | |
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I accept with singular pleasure the ensign of so worthy a fraternity as that of the Sons of St. Patrick in this city, a society distinguished for the firm adherence of its members to the glorious cause in which we are embarked. 
