| United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1857 - 788 páginas
...consolation. Taught by the great example which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private wiuhes to the public will, I must consent to the request made by Congress, which yon have had the goodness to transmit to me ; and, in doing this, I need not, I cannot, say what a... | |
| United States. Congress - 1858 - 788 páginas
...and gratefully remembered, affords no inconsiderable consolation. Taught by the great example which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private...you have had the goodness to transmit to me ; and, ¡n doing this, I need not, I cannot, say what a sacrifice of individual feeling I make to a sense... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1858 - 468 páginas
...Congress to Mrs. Washington, to which she thus replied. " Taught by the great example which I have ao 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... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 804 páginas
...gratefully remembered affords no inconsiderable consolation. ' ' Taught by the great example which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private...transmit to me ; and, in doing this, I need not, I can not, say what a sacrifice of individual feeling I make to a sense of public duty. "With grateful... | |
| George Washington Parke Custis - 1860 - 670 páginas
...gratefully remembered affords no inconsiderable consolation. " Taught by the great example which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private...transmit to me; and, in doing this, I need not, I can not, say what a saerifice of individual feeling I make to a sense of public duty. " With grateful... | |
| James Albert Wineberger - 1860 - 98 páginas
...and gratefully remembered affords no inconsiderable consolation. Taught by that great example which I have so long had before me never to oppose my private...to the public will, I must consent to the request of Congress, which you have had the goodness to transmit to me ; and, in doing this, I need not, I... | |
| William D'Arcy Haley - 1861 - 274 páginas
...Washington consented, in the following beautiful and concise letter :— Taught, by the great example I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private wishes to the public will, 1 must consent to the request of Congress which you had the goodness to transmit to me; and, in doing... | |
| Viator - 1864 - 302 páginas
...Washington. Mrs. Washington gave her assent in the following letter : "Taught by the great example I have so long had before me never to oppose my private...to the public will, I must consent to the request of Congress which you have had the goodness to transmit to me ; and, in doing this, I need not, I cannot,... | |
| Franklin Benjamin Hough - 1865 - 292 páginas
...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... | |
| 1865 - 328 páginas
...Mrs. Washington, who replied promptly as follows : — " Taught by the great example I have so longhad before me, never to oppose my private wishes to the public will, I must consent to the request of Congress which you had the goodness to transmit to me ; and in doing this, I need not — I cannot... | |
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