| George Washington - 1800 - 240 Seiten
...gratefully remembered, affords no inconsiderable consolation. TAUGHT by the great example, which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private...congress, which you have had the goodness to transmit me, and in doing this, I need not, I cannot say, what a sacrifice of individual feeling I make to a... | |
| David Ramsay - 1807 - 486 Seiten
...very much in the style and manner of her departed husband, and in the following words: " Taught by the great example which 1 have so long had before me,...to the request made by congress, which you have had ihe goodness to transmit to me, and in doing this, I need not, I cannot say what a sacrifice of individual... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 Seiten
...resolutions of Congress to Mrs. Washington, to which she thus replied. " Taught by the great example which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private wishes to the publick will, I must consent to the request made by Congress, which you have had the goodness to transmit... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 Seiten
...thus replied. '. <» i-.'i --• . • . .,.-.. -..-.. v ..1: " Taught by the great example which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private...sacrifice- of individual feeling I make to a sense of duty-" < M M2 % Information of the death of General Washington was, throughout the United States, accompanied... | |
| John Corry - 1809 - 262 Seiten
...remembered, affords no inconsiderable consolation. " Taught by the great example, which I have had so long before me never to oppose my private wishes to the...goodness to transmit to me, and in doing this I need not — leannot say what a sacrifice of individual feeling I make to a sense of public duty. " With grateful... | |
| David Ramsay - 1811 - 522 Seiten
...manner of her departed husband, and in the following words ; " Taught by the great example which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private...sacrifice of individual feeling I make to a sense of pub • lie duty." The honours paid to Washington at the seat of government, were but a small part... | |
| 1816 - 592 Seiten
...s:ivs —"Taught b> the great example, which 1 have so long had before tne, never to opр<яе niv private wishes to the public will, I must consent to the request made by Conyres-s w. ich you have had the goodness to transmit to me ; and in doing this, I need not, I cannot... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1817 - 860 Seiten
...the President of the United States on the subject, she says — "Taught by the great example which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private...to transmit to me ; and in doing this, I need not, 1 cannot say, what a sacrifice of individual feeling I make to a sense of public duty." 1 1 • A dreadful... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1817 - 860 Seiten
...of the United Stales on the subject, she says — " Taught by the great example which I have so h>ng had before me, never to oppose my private wishes to the public will, 1 must consent to the request made by Congress, which you have had the goodness to transmit to me ;... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1826 - 234 Seiten
...great example which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private wishes to the publick will, I must consent to the request made ~ by Congress,...sacrifice of individual feeling I make to a sense of duty." Information of the death of General WASHINGTON was, throughout the United States, accompanied... | |
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