 | George Washington - 1894 - 510 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. 1789. HIS PROGRESS TO THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. The display of boats, which attended and joined on this... | |
 | 1895 - 622 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;... | |
 | Elizabeth Bryant Johnston - 1895 - 268 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1896 - 668 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... | |
 | Anne Hollingsworth Wharton - 1897 - 346 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." To Mrs. Washington leaving Mount Vernon at this time meant the severing of many cherished family ties.... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1897 - 384 pages
...those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwtlling 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;... | |
 | Ralph Curtis Ringwalt - 1898 - 360 pages
...nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an ocean of difficulties, with- 15 out that competency of political skill, abilities, and...though there is an undertone of inexpressible sadness 20 in this entry in his diary on the night of his departure: " About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1898 - 428 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;... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1898 - 430 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;... | |
 | Worthington Chauncey Ford - 1900 - 382 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,... | |
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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... 
