 | William Elliot - Plants - 1837 - 350 pages
...favourable notice and patronage of Congress. I consider it an indispensable duty to close this lest act of my official life, by commending the interests...great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission,... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1837 - 1110 pages
...favorable notice and patronage of Congress. I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests...have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this augi body, under whose orders I have... | |
 | John Richard Alden - 1984 - 356 pages
...due formality. He submitted his resignation in respectful language, ending solemnly, "I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act...the superintendence of them, to his holy keeping." Replying for Congress, its president, Thomas Mifflin, responded appropriately, expressing the gratitude... | |
 | Confederate States of America - 1895 - 582 pages
...resigning his commission to the Congress : "I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests...dearest country to the protection of Almighty God. Washington's career as President is not reviewed here. The writer will be pardoned for expressing much... | |
 | Jeffrey H. Richards, Professor of Theatre Jeffrey H Richards - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 368 pages
...Annapolis, December 23, 1783, he returns once more to the trope by which he has measured his actions: "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...great theatre of Action, and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose order I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 230 pages
...Service to the present moment, as worthy of the favorable notice and patronage of Congress. I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act...great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and... | |
 | Matthew Spalding, Patrick J. Garrity - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 244 pages
...becoming a respectable Nation, I resign with satisfaction the Appointment I accepted with diffidence." "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action . . . and take my leave of all the employments of public life." So it was that Washington's modesty, self-control... | |
 | Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 228 pages
...the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. George choked back tears as he continued. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...great theatre of action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 680 pages
...favorable notice and patronage of Congress. " I consider it as an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests...farewel to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life."... | |
 | Education - 2002 - 366 pages
...assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with every review of the momentous contest. . . . Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission,... | |
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Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action; and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments... 
