| Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1859 - 1284 pages
...was administered to him by Chancellor LIYIM:STO.N in 1789, he declared in his inaugural address, taut ''it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act; my.rçrvent supplications to thnt At/мюнтг BEING who rules over the. universe — who presides... | |
| Frederick Freeman - Barnstable County (Mass.) - 1860 - 842 pages
...characteristic trait of distinguished patriots : " It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this my first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe and who presides in the councils of nations." Immediately after the delivery of the address, the President... | |
| Ezra B. Chase - Slavery - 1861 - 514 pages
...its consequences be judged by my country, with some share of the partiality in which they originated. Such being the impressions under which I have, in...this first official act, my fervent supplications to thai Almighty Being who rules over the universe — who presides iu the councils of natious, and whose... | |
| Bunker Hill Monument Association - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 - 1888 - 68 pages
...returned to the Senate-chamber, and as he closed his inaugural speech, trembling with emotion he said : " It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first...my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who presides in the councils of nations, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness... | |
| Bunker Hill Monument Association - Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.) - 1888 - 68 pages
...returned to the Senate-chamber, and as he closed his inaugural speech, trembling with emotion he said : " It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first...my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who presides in the councils of nations, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness... | |
| Augustus Charles Thompson - Prayer - 1863 - 388 pages
...successfully formed. In his inaugural address to Congress, Washington employed the following language : " It would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplication to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - United States - 1867 - 604 pages
...its consequences judged by my country with* some share of the partiality in which they originated. Such being the impressions under which I have in obedience...station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this, my first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe,... | |
| James M. Hiatt - United States - 1868 - 426 pages
...its consequences be judged by my country, with some share of the partiality in which they originated. "Such being the impressions under which I have, in...supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe—who presides in the councils of nations—and whose providential aids can supply every human... | |
| Edward Griffin Tileston - United States - 1871 - 240 pages
...Washington in his Inaugural Address remarked, " It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this n>y first official act my fervent supplications to that...in the councils of nations, and whose providential aid can supply every human defect that his benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness... | |
| Benson John Lossing - United States - 1874 - 706 pages
...oilier side the Atlantic, he productive of good consequences. " To use your own emphatic words, ' May that Almighty Being, who rules over the Universe —...the Councils of Nations — and whose providential aid can supply every human defect, consecrate to the Liberties and Happiness of the American people,... | |
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