 | Washington Irving - 1869 - 596 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 bleep with my fiiihers." A SOLDIER'S REPOSE. ' 479 And subsequently, in a letter to the Marchioness... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Grottoes (Va.) - 1871 - 466 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 yet, even in that perfect retirement, it was several weeks before Washington could entirely divest... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Mount Vernon - 1870 - 460 pages
...Envious of none, 1 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 yet, even in that perfect retirement, it was several weeks before Washington could entirely divest... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Mount Vernon - 1870 - 456 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 yet, even in that perfect retirement, it was several weeks before Washington could entirely divest... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1870 - 530 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, rinding his delight in farming, planting,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1870 - 272 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,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1888 - 990 pages
...heartily these sentiments were echoed by Washington himself, may be seen in his letters of the time. "To move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers," was the aspiration of his heart. The years of Washington's residence at Mount Vernon immediately after... | |
 | George Washington - Presidents - 1871 - 240 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 the MARQUIS VK LAFAYETTE, February 1, 1784. 9 fyarfo, 17. 5. THE SAME SUBJECT. AM just beginning... | |
 | Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 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 speaking of the army, further on in the same letter, he says, " I must do Congress the justice to... | |
 | William Chambers - Biography - 1873 - 326 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.' During his retirement, objects of public utility still occupied his thoughts ; and it was not long... | |
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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. 
