 | John Hampden Gurney - 1858 - 482 pages
...those of a criminal who is going to the place of execution ; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm." Addresses of congratulation poured in upon him from every quarter. One, beautiful in feeling and expression,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 pages
...those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage;... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 804 pages
...those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people and a good name of my own on this voyage... | |
 | François Guizot - 1863 - 162 pages
...those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm."^ The message at length arrived, and he commenced his journey. In his Diary, he writes; "About ten o'clock,... | |
 | James Parton - 1868 - 694 pages
...those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people and a good name of my own on this voyage... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - 1875 - 576 pages
...friend in confidence, "I tell 3^011 that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm." But the confidence of the people in his wisdom and integrity reassured him. His journey from Mount... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - 1872 - 902 pages
...friend in confidence, " I tell you that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going...political skill, abilities, and inclination, which are necessarj' to manage the helm." But the confidence of the people in his wisdom and integrity reassured... | |
 | Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 pages
...those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution, so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...inclination which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the good name of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage,... | |
 | david clapp - 1877 - 496 pages
...those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwilling am 1 in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares to quit a peaceful...of political skill, abilities and inclination which is necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of my Countrymen and a... | |
 | 1877 - 508 pages
...to the place of his execution; so unwilling am I in the evening of a life nearly consumed in puhlic cares to quit a peaceful abode for an ocean of difficulties,...of political skill, abilities and inclination which is necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of my Countrymen and a... | |
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I tell you, (with the world it would obtain little credit,) that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a... 
