 | George Washington - Presidents - 1800 - 240 pages
...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 my leave of all the employments of public life." TO WHICH THE PRESIDENT RETURNED THE FOLLOWING ANSWER : " THE United States in Congress assemr bled,... | |
 | 1802 - 440 pages
...assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewel to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offVr my commission, and take my leave of all the employment* of public life. BOROUGH of LANCASTER,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - America - 1804 - 432 pages
...theatre of action ; and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." To this the President returned an appropriate answer. CHA?. AMEUICA. 285 CHAP. XI. Disputes in different... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this aujvist body, under whose orders i have s>o long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my kave of nil the employments of public life. SINGULAR INSTANCE OF PATRIOTISM. 1. T? DWARD the' Third,... | |
 | John Marshall - Generals - 1805 - 666 pages
...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,...take my leave of all the employments of public life." CHAP, xi. After advancing to the chair, and delivering 1783. his commission to the president, he returned... | |
 | Richard Snowden - America - 1805 - 398 pages
...theatre of action ; und bidding an affectionate farewell (o this august body, under whose orders I have long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." To which the president made a suitable reply. The mingled emotions that agitated the minds of the spectators... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1805 - 410 pages
...theatre of action ; and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." T* this the President returned au appropriate answer. CHAP, XI. X)isputcs in different States. General... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...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,...commission, and take my leave of all the employments of publick life." Having advanced to the chair and delivered the President his Commission, he received... | |
 | David Ramsay - Presidents - 1807 - 486 pages
...action, and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have longacted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." This address being ended, general Washington advanced, and delivered his commission* into the hands... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 pages
...assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewel to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted,...take my leave of all the employments of public life." Having advanced to the chair and delivered the President his commission, he received from him the following... | |
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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... 
