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" ... hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence ; and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon... "
The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American Forces ... - Page 709
by John Marshall - 1807
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 622 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object...
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A Brief View of the Constitution of the United States: Addressed to the Law ...

Peter Stephen Du Ponceau - Constitutional law - 1834 - 148 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...it the native soil of himself and his progenitors I for several generations, I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat, in which I promise...
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The History of North and South America: From Its Discovery to the Death of ...

Richard Snowden - America - 1832 - 360 pages
...views in it the natural soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations ; I •nticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I...the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government ; the ever-favorite object...
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A Life of Washington, Volume 2

James Kirke Paulding - 1835 - 294 pages
...oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. " Relying on its kindness in this as in all other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it, which is so natural to a man who views it as the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate with pleasing...
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of ...

Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1836 - 530 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. " Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government—the ever favorite object...
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The Political Grammar of the United States, Or, A Complete View of the ...

Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent...the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws, under a free government—the ever favorite object...
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The Political Grammar of the United States, Or, A Complete View of the ...

Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...the mansions of rest. •lying on this, as in other tilings, and actuated by that fervent love rds it, which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil mself and his progenitors for several generations; I anticipate with ;ing expectation that retreat,...
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THE WRITINGS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, Volume 12

George Washington - United States - 1837 - 620 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good kws under a free government, the ever favorite object...
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The Life of George Washington; with Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to ...

Mason Locke Weems - 1837 - 246 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. " RELYING on its kindness in this as in other things,.... sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government—the ever favorite object...
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Monuments of Washington's patriotism: containing a fac simile of his publick ...

George Washington - 1838 - 114 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness, in this as in other things,...actuated by that fervent love towards it, which is natural to a man, who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations,...
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