 in office, to which your suffrages have twice called me, have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty, and to a deference to what appeared to be your wishes. ... I rejoice that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal,...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 3691927Full view - About this book
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1846 - 396 pages
...nations, and the unanimous advice of persons entitled to my confidence, impelled me to abandon the idea. I rejoice that the state of your concerns, external...renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the sentiment of duty or propriety ; and am persuaded, whatever partiality may be retained for my services,... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1848 - 620 pages
...conviction that the step is compatible with both. The acceptance of, and continuance hitherto in, the office to which your suffrages have twice called me,...inclination to the opinion of duty, and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped, that it would have^ been much earlier in my... | |
 | Alexis Poole - 1847 - 514 pages
...conviction that the step is compatible with both. The acceptance of, and continuance hitherto in the office to which your suffrages have twice called me,...inclination to the opinion of duty, and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Christian life - 1847 - 500 pages
...admiration. "The acceptance of," said Washington, in his farewell address, " and continuance hitherto in the office to which your suffrages have twice called me,...inclination to the opinion of duty, and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped, that it would have been much earlier in my... | |
 | John MacGregor - America - 1847 - 844 pages
...whom a choice is to be made. The acceptance of, and continuance hitherto in the office to which vour suffrages have twice called me, have been a uniform...inclination to the opinion of duty, and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped, that it would hare been much earlier in my... | |
 | Andrew White Young - Law - 1848 - 244 pages
...acceptance of and continuance hitherto in the office to which your suffrages have twice called rne, have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty, and to a deferent-« for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier... | |
 | Andrew White Young - United States - 1848 - 312 pages
...of and continuance hitherto in the office to which your suffrages have twice called me, have been an uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty, and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my... | |
 | Edwin Williams - Presidents - 1850 - 434 pages
...conviction that the step is compatible with both. The acceptance of, and continuance hitherto in, the office to which your suffrages have twice called me,...inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...conviction that the step is compatible with both. The acceptance of, and continuance hitherto in the office to which your suffrages have twice called me,...inclination to the opinion of duty, and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my... | |
 | François Guizot - 1850 - 198 pages
...m^m^ patible with the sentiment of duty ot -- " The acceptance of, and continuance hitherto in, the office to which your suffrages have twice called me,...inclination to the opinion of duty, and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my... | |
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