 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 204 pages
...Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all; and tliis, 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, Gen. and Mrs.... | |
 | Edward Rogers - Conduct of life - 1851 - 188 pages
...hear him say : " Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all; in this order of march, 1 will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers ;" and on his death bed hear him say, "I am not afraid to die." You will also see the young and accomplished... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 pages
...private life with heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all, and move gently down the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." — Washington's Life, vol. v, p. 2. Dr. Chambers, in speaking of Queen Charlotte's death, uses these... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1853 - 752 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." To General Knox he wrote ; " I am just beginning to experience that ease and freedom from public cares,... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1855 - 574 pages
...intention it seems was never fulfilled. The original co'mmission was retained, and is deposited in the department of state of the United States. tiring within...evacuated by the British forces on the 25th of November ; that the American troops took possession of it the same day, and delivered it over to the civil authority... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1855 - 638 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." To General Knox he wrote; "I am just beginning to experience that ease and freedom from public cares,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - United States - 1855 - 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." In the following August Lafayette revisited this country and passed two weeks with the Chief at Mount... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - France - 1855 - 400 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." This invitation Lafayette could not resist, It was attended also with a polite request that the Marchioness... | |
 | Agriculture - 1855 - 632 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." The Mount Vernon estates consisted of five farms — Mansion House Farm ; Union Farm ; Dogue Run Farm... | |
 | American prose literature - 1855 - 506 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." Mr. MIKIHILL tlnu finishes this beautiful picture.— ED. For several months after reaching Mount Vernon,... | |
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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. 
