 Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order for my march, I will move gently down the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers.  Washington - Sivu 88tekijä(t) François Guizot - 1840 - 230 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1883 - 612 sivua
...Envious of none, 1 am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.' In another to the Marchioness, inviting her to America to see the country, young, rude, and uncultivated... | |
 | Joseph West Moore - 1884 - 320 sivua
...Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all, and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers." But again it was not so to be, for on the ij-th of April, 1789, a messenger rode up to the door of... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1884 - 610 sivua
...private life with heartfelt satisfaction, envious of none, determined to be pleased with all; and, this being the order for my march, I will move gently down the stream of life till I sleep with my fathers." The French minister, Luzerne, who visited Washington a few weeks after... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1901 - 492 sivua
...within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk, and tread the paths of private life, with heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined...the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." Living quietly on his estate, he was more than busy. Besides the minute details of his affairs, there... | |
 | Estelle Davenport Adams - 1902 - 316 sivua
...within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk, and tread the paths of private life, with heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined...gently down the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers.1 The more I am acquainted with agricultural affairs, the better I am pleased with them ; insomuch... | |
 | La Fayette Wilbur - 1902 - 420 sivua
...Envious of more, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers." When Lafayette came he spent twelve blissful days with Washington at Mount Vernon. At Annapolis the... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 564 sivua
...Envious of none I am determined to be pleased with all, and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers." But a mind accustomed to labor for a nation's welfare does not immediately divest itself of ancient... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 594 sivua
...Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers." And subsequently, in a letter to the Marchioness de Lafayette, inviting her to America to see the country,... | |
 | Charles Woodcock-Savage - 1906 - 356 sivua
...determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I shall move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers." This is certainly a noble letter, and does honor to the head and heart of its author. The Marquis told... | |
 | Robert Matteson Johnston - 1907 - 428 sivua
...within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk, and tread the paths of private life, with heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined...the stream of life, until I sleep with my fathers." This pious wish, however, could not be fulfilled. In 1789 Washington was elected first President of... | |
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