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" With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable. "
History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent - Page 106
by George Bancroft - 1884
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The Ohio and Mississippi Pilot, Consisting of a Set of Charts of Those ...

J. C. Gilleland - Gulf States - 1851 - 478 pages
...the room, His emotions were too strong to be concealed. Filling a glass, he turned to them and said,' With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have...
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War for Independence: A Military History

Howard H. Peckham - History - 1958 - 241 pages
...December 4 he met his remaining officers at Fraunces Tavern for a farewell. He toasted them saying: "With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have...
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War for Independence: A Military History

Howard H. Peckham - History - 1958 - 241 pages
...full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable." Then each man came forward sadly to shake his hand. They followed him out of the tavern,...
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Cheiro's Numerology

Cheiro - Numerology - 2008 - 150 pages
...victorious American Army when he met his assembled Generals for the last time. His own words were, "With heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you." Addressing the President of Congress, Washington said — "the great events on which my resignation...
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The Michigan Alumnus, Volumes 81-82

Cooking - 1974 - 732 pages
...heart fu" ll< gratitude, I now take my leave of you, most devoutly wishing that your latter days it*, be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honortw The Wolveririlfs Final exams and the holiday break found Michigan's winter sports teams...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Revolution

Alan Axelrod - History - 2000 - 426 pages
...commissioners, who looked on the Tories as traitors who had practiced a particularly Voices of Liberty "With an heart full of love and gratitude I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have...
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The American Revolution

Bruce Lancaster, John Harold Plumb - History - 2001 - 380 pages
...Virginian began to speak in an odd, tight voice, the words forming with difficulty, syllable by syllable. "With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you." Slowly and carefully he added, "I most devoutly wish that your later days may be as prosperous and...
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George Washington: True Patriot

Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 228 pages
...parting. George's heart thumped when he realized it was time for him to stand and give one last toast. "With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your later days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been...
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New York Year by Year: A Chronology of the Great Metropolis

Jeffrey A. Kroessler - History - 2002 - 381 pages
...Washington bid farewell to his officers at Fraunces Tavern on December 4. Raising his wine glass, he said, "With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you; I most devoutly wish, that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have...
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Bootmaker to the Nation: The Story of the American Revolution

John Slade - United States - 2002 - 740 pages
...all my years with him had I heard his voice tremble with such profound emotion. He told his officers, "With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have...
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