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Washington's Political Legacies: To which is Annexed an Appendix, Containing ... - Page 68
by George Washington - 1800 - 208 pages
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 5

Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 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. thence enjoyed of manifesting my inviolable attachment, by services, faithful and persevering, though...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 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...life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep ac knowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country, for the many honours it...
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The Moral Instructor, and Guide to Virtue: Being a Compendium of Moral ...

Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...American youth : 2 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...gratitude which I owe to my beloved country, for the many honors it has conferred upon me; still more for the stedfast confidence with which it has supported...
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The American Common-place Book of Prose: A Collection of Eloquent and ...

American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...Extract from an Address on retiring from the publit Service of the United States of America. — WASHIN looking forward to the moment which is intended to...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...
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History of the United States: To which is Prefixed a Brief Historical ...

Noah Webster - United States - 1832 - 378 pages
...while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it. 5. In looking forward to the moment, which is intended...acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my b«love«l country, for the many honors it has conferred upon me ; still more for the steadfast confidence...
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Studies in Poetry and Prose: Consisting of Selections Principally from ...

A. B. Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 496 pages
...obscurity, with scarcely any care at all? EXTRACT From WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address to his Countrymen. IN looking forward to the moment which is intended...not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of lhat debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country, for the many' honors it has conferred upon...
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History of the United States: To which is Prefixed a Brief Historical ...

Noah Webster - United States - 1832 - 340 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. 5. In lookmg forward to the moment, which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my...
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Declaration of Independence ... with the Names, Places of Residence, &c. of ...

United States - 1833 - 64 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...
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A Brief View of the Constitution of the United States: Addressed to the Law ...

Peter Stephen Du Ponceau - Constitutional law - 1834 - 148 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...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 622 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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