 | 1886 - 890 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 these hopes Washington was to be disappointed. " All the world is touched by his republican virtues,"... | |
 | Washington Irving - Presidents - 1857 - 550 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." And subsequently, in a letter to the Marchioness de Lafayette, inviting her to America to see the country,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Presidents - 1857 - 588 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 deep with my fathers." A SOLDIER'S REPOSE. 479 And subsequently, in a letter to the Marchioness de... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this being the order of my march, I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers. BLAVI5EY. The scheme which yon' propose, as a precedent to encourage the emancipation of the black... | |
 | An Officer in the late army - 1858 - 506 pages
...Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the o^der 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 Hampden Gurney - 1858 - 482 pages
...satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this being the order of my march, I move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers." In little more than five years, however, when the Constitution was framed, and a President was wanted,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...oatisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and, this being the order of my march, I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers. SLAVERY. The scheme wnich you1 propose, as a precedent to encourage the emancipation of the black people... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1859 - 528 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." How simple yet self-sustained — how elevated in his own grand thoughts above all that this world... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 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." And subsequently, in a letter to the Marchioness de Lafayette, inviting her to America to see the country,... | |
 | L. Contanseau - 1860 - 232 pages
...myself with tranquil enjoyments. 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." BATTLE OF SOBRAON. FEB. 10, 1846. 223. On the 10th of February, 1846, a great battle was fought against... | |
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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. 
