 | Guizot (M., François) - Generals - 1840 - 216 pages
...solitary walk, and tread the paths of private life, with a heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I arn determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear...the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." * Washington, in uttering such language, was not merely expressing a momentary feeling, the enjoyment... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1841 - 514 pages
...have very little conception. I have not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary...the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." Having preserved, he afterwards set about beautifying the land he had saved, and his suggestions led... | |
 | English literature - 1841 - 508 pages
...have very little conception. I have not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary...the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." Having preserved, he afterwards set about beautifying the land he had saved, and his suggestions led... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1842 - 610 pages
...none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my inarch, I will move gently down the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." Washington now devoted his attention, with untiring industry, to the pursuits of agriculture and the... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1845 - 900 pages
...determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order for my march, I shall move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers." For three years Washington pursued this equable course of life, finding his delight in farming, planting,... | |
 | An Officer in the late army - 1846 - 516 pages
...Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move gently, down the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." On the first of July, 1784, the, marquis embarked at Havre on board of the packet ship Courier, and... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - 602 pages
...Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move gently down the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." Agriculture, which had always been the favourite employment of Washington, was now resumed with increasing... | |
 | Mary E. Bennett - Adventure and adventurers - 1848 - 212 pages
..." At length," he writes to Lafayette, "I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac." "Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with...the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." CONFUCIUS. CONFUCIUS was a great moral teacher, and the most eminent character that ever appeared among... | |
 | John England - 1849 - 508 pages
...none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend. being the order of my march, 1 will move gently down the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." To General Knox he wrote : •' I am just beginning to experience that ease and freedom from public... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 276 pages
...Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move gently down the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." Once thoroughly re-established in the beloved home of their earlier, and happy years, Genera and Mrs.... | |
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I have not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk, and tread the paths of private life, with a heartfelt satisfaction. 
