 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 594 pages
...dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor ; " then shall I have learned what ingratitude is, then...which will embitter every moment of my future life. But I am under no such apprehensions. A country, rescued by their arms from impending ruin, will never... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 596 pages
...old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt ; if they are to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor ; " then shall I have learned what ingratitude is, then shall I have realized a tale, which will... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 604 pages
...old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt ; if they are to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor ; " then shall I have learned what ingratitude is, then shall I have realized a tale, which will... | |
 | John Marshall - Presidents - 1836 - 500 pages
...poverty, wretchedness, and contempt ? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity which has hitherto been spent in honour? If you can — go — and carry with you the jest of tories, and the scorn of whigs ; — the ridicule,... | |
 | Joseph Guy (of Bristol.) - 1836 - 296 pages
...to-morrow reply Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remains of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honour? If you can, go, starve and be forgotten ! But, if, &c., and in any future political event, if war should... | |
 | United States - Bounties, Military - 1838 - 546 pages
...old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt ; if they are to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has, hitherto, been spent in honor, then I shall have realized a tale which will imbitter every moment of my future life. But I... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1838 - 596 pages
...poverty, wretchedness, and contempt? (Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable, remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor ?) If you can, go, and carry with you the jest of Tories, and the scorn of Whigs; the ridicule,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1839 - 594 pages
...old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt ; if they are to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor ; " then shall I have learned what ingratitude is, then shall I have realized a tale, which will... | |
 | William Smyth - History, Modern - 1840 - 514 pages
...old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt? Can you consent to wade through the mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honour? If you can, go, and carry with you the jest of Tories and the scorn of Whigs : the ridicule, and what... | |
 | Carlo Botta - United States - 1840 - 506 pages
...poverty , wretchedness and contempt ? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor ? If you can, go — and carry with you the jest of torics and the scorn of whigs — the ridicule,... | |
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Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this revolution, and retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity,... 
