 | William Spohn Baker - 1892 - 444 Seiten
...great effect in cementing and securing the union of these colonies." — John Adams to Mrs. Adams, June 17. SUNDAY, JUNE 18. At Philadelphia : " It has been...purpose." — Washington to Mrs. Washington, June 18. 1' There is something charming to me in the conduct of Washington. A gentleman of one of the first... | |
 | 1892 - 780 Seiten
...more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years....upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose." To his favorite brother, John Augustine, he "I am now... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Mrs. Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz - 1894 - 592 Seiten
...more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years....upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose. You might, and I suppose did perceive, from the tenor of... | |
 | 1895 - 224 Seiten
...when he accepted the command. "It is a trust too great for my capacity," he wrote to his wife; " but it has been a kind of destiny that has thrown me upon it, and it was utterly out of my power to refuse it." Did you ever make a promise that you felt was... | |
 | Brooks, Elbridge S. - 1895 - 216 Seiten
...when he accepted the command. "It is a trust too great for my capacity," he wrote to his wife; " but it has been a kind of destiny that has thrown me upon it, and it was utterly out of my power to refuse it." Did you ever make a promise that you felt was... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1896 - 1000 Seiten
...you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity. . . . But as it has been a kind of destiny that has thrown...upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose. ... It was utterly out of my power to refuse this appointment,... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - 1896 - 476 Seiten
...you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity. . . . But as it has been a kind of destiny that has thrown...upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose. ... It was utterly out of my power to refuse this appointment,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1896 - 486 Seiten
...appointment, from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity, but, as a kind of destiny has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose. I shall rely confidently on that Providence which has hitherto... | |
 | Anne Hollingsworth Wharton - 1897 - 340 Seiten
...more real happiness in one month with you at home than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years....upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking is designed to answer some good purpose. You might and I suppose did, perceive from the tenor of my... | |
 | Worthington Chauncey Ford - 1900 - 380 Seiten
...more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years....upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose. You might, and I suppose did perceive, from the tenor of... | |
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I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years. But as it has been a kind of destiny, that has thrown me upon this service, I shall... 
