 I tell you, (with the world it would obtain little credit,) that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a...  Household Guest - Page 5521889Full view - About this book
 | Norman Hapgood - 1901 - 492 pages
...those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm." On April i6th, 1789, he wrote in his diary: — " About ten o'clock, I bade adieu to Mount Vernon,... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 574 pages
...tell you (with the world it would obtain little credit) that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of...inclination which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage... | |
 | Joseph Bucklin Bishop - Caricatures and cartoons - 1904 - 248 pages
...those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm." In his diary, under date of April 16th, 1789, he wrote : " About ten o'clock, I bade adieu to Mount... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1905 - 532 pages
...the infant State the steadier steps of empire. He alone could stay assault and inm. — o fl spire confidence while the great and complicated machinery...in his diary on the night of his departure: " About 10 o'clock I bade adieu to Mount 'V'ernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity, and with a mind... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1905 - 594 pages
...those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1907 - 620 pages
...those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...competency of political skill, abilities, and inclination, am sensible and a good returns will Integrity an the Yoyage I I may be d •which are f stances, the... | |
 | George Washington - Presidents - 1908 - 500 pages
...those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage;... | |
 | Elizabeth Deering Hanscom - American letters - 1908 - 400 pages
...those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage... | |
 | Frederick Trevor Hill - 1910 - 310 pages
...culprit who is going to the place of his execution," he wrote General Knox, " so unwilling am I ... to quit a peaceful abode for an ocean of difficulties...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm." From the moment he left his own gates his journey was well-nigh a continuous ovation, his neighbors... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - United States - 1915 - 800 pages
...tell you, (with the world it would obtain little credit) that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage,... | |
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