 | Joseph Bucklin Bishop - 1916 - 326 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. In his diary, under date of April 16, 1789, he wrote: About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon,... | |
 | Paul Wilstach - 1916 - 426 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." Mrs. Washington shared their regret to tear away again from the peace and retirement of their riverside... | |
 | Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart - 1916 - 552 pages
...evening of life, nearly consumed in public carea, to quit a peaceful abode for an ocean of dilliculties, without that competency of political skill, abilities,...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that 1 am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage,... | |
 | Ada Russell - 1922 - 210 pages
...nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an ocean of difficulties, without the competency of political skill, abilities, and inclination which are necessary to manage the helm.' Another triumphal journey, in his own carriageand-four, from Mount Vernon to New York, a royal reception... | |
 | John Marshall - 1926 - 552 pages
...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...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;... | |
 | Samuel Eliot Morison - 1927 - 496 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... | |
 | United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission - 1931 - 440 pages
...country's call. To General Knox, George Washington wrote: 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. . . . Integrity and firmness are all I can promise." Though he discounted his own competency of political... | |
 | United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission - 1932 - 636 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;... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society - 1995 - 486 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...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... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 204 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...political skill — abilities and inclination which is necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible, that I am embarking the voice of the people and a good... | |
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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... 
