 | Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Bibliography - 1826 - 452 pages
...will read it to you, it is in these words." " In the discharge of this trust I will only say, that 1 have with good intentions contributed towards the...strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself." If it be possible to find a man among those whom ». be esteemed, capable of offering to him such a... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...undertook the arduous trust, were explained on the proper occasion. In the discharge of this trust I will only say, that I have with good intentions contributed...motives to diffidence of myself; and every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 564 pages
...undertook the arduous trust, were explained on the proper occasion. lathe discharge of this trust I will only say, that I have with good intentions contributed towards the organisation and administration of the government, the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...undertook the arduous trust, were explained on the properoccasion. In the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have with good intentions contributed...motives to diffidence of myself; and every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more that the shade of retirement is as necessary... | |
 | Noah Webster - United States - 1832 - 340 pages
...undertook the arduous trust, were explained on the proper occasion. In the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have, with good intentions,...still more in the eyes of others, has strengthened the motive to diffidence of myself; and, every day, the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and... | |
 | United States - 1833 - 64 pages
...undertook the arduous trust, were explained on the proper occasion. In the discharge of this trust I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed...motives to diffidence of myself; and every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1833 - 248 pages
...undertook the arduous trust, were explained on the proper occasion. In the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have, with good intentions,...motives to diffidence of myself: and every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more that the shade of retirement is as necessary... | |
 | William Jay - Judges - 1833 - 518 pages
...opinion of your modesty: I will read it to you; it is in these words: " In the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have, with good intentions,...qualifications, experience in my own eyes, perhaps s/t// more in the eyes of others, has strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself." If it be possible... | |
 | William Jay - Judges - 1833 - 558 pages
...• • . . • • '• v ' . .- • • . • .*'• . ' I \ ". In -the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have, with good intentions,...judgment was capable. Not unconscious, in the outset, pf the inferiority of my qualifications, experience, in my own eyes, perhaps still more in the eyes... | |
 | Stephen Simpson - Presidents - 1833 - 408 pages
...undertook the arduous trust, were explained on the proper occasion. In the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have with good intentions contributed towards the organisation and administration of the government, the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment... | |
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In the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have, with good intentions, contributed towards the organization and administration of the government, the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable. Not unconscious, in the outset,... 
