 | Horatio Hastings Weld - Presidents - 1846 - 250 pages
...legacy in his power, the priceless riches of his precepts and example. " In looking forward," he says, " to the moment which is intended to terminate the career...country for the many honours it has conferred upon me, or still more for the steadfast confidence with which it has supported me, and for the opportunities... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1846 - 766 pages
...not forbid it. hi looking forward to the moment which is to terminate the career of iiiy political life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the...gratitude which I owe to my beloved country for the many honors it has conferred upon me ; still more for the steadfast confidence with which it has supported... | |
 | Jonathan French - United States - 1847 - 506 pages
...that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe, that while choice and prudence...forbid it. In looking forward to the moment which is to terminate the career of my political life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - 602 pages
...lhat if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe that, while choice and prudence...forbid it. In looking forward to the moment which is to terminate the career of my political life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1847 - 474 pages
...does not forbid it. " In looking forward to the moment, which is to terminate the career of my publick life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the...acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my be loved country, for the many honours it has conferred npon mn , still more for the steadfast confidence... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Christian life - 1847 - 500 pages
...that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe, that while choice and prudence...the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it." Still anxious, in the highest degree, for the health and prosperity of his country, he then tendered... | |
 | Alexis Poole - 1847 - 514 pages
...that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe, that while choice and prudence...invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does nt;t forbid it. In looking forward to the moment which is to terminate the career of my political life,... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - Conduct of life - 1848 - 364 pages
...that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe, that while choice and prudence...honours it has conferred upon me; still more for the steadfast confidence with which it has supported me ; and for the opportunities I have thence enjoyed... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1848 - 146 pages
...that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe, that while choice and prudence...gratitude which I owe to my beloved country for the many honors it has conferred upon me ; still more for the steadfast confidence with which it has supported... | |
 | Andrew White Young - Law - 1848 - 244 pages
...that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe, that while choice and prudence...gratitude which I owe to my beloved country for the many honors it has conferred upon me : still more for the steadfast confidence with which it has supported... | |
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... every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have... 
