Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence, a diffidence in my abilities... The Religious Opinions and Character of Washington - Page 127by Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 414 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Washington - Presidents - 1800 - 232 pages
...resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepttd with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous . a task, which, however,...most sanguine expectations, and my gratitude for the interposition of providence, and the assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with... | |
| William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 452 pages
...resign with fatisfacv tion, the appointment I accepted with diffidence — a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task ; which however was...by a confidence in the rectitude of .our cause, the Suifcpor: of the supreme power of the union, and the patronage of Heaven. " The successful termination... | |
| William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 452 pages
...resign with falisfacrtion, the appointment I accepted with diffidence — a diffidence itj my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task ; which however was...by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the sup'* port of the supreme power of the union, and the patronage <5f Heaven. " The successful termination... | |
| 1802 - 440 pages
...— a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task ; which however •was superceded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the...support of the supreme power of the Union, and the pa-. tronage of heaven. THE successful termination of the war has verified the most sanguine expectations... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - America - 1804 - 432 pages
...resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which however was...termination of the war has verified the most sanguine expeltations, and my gratitude for the interposition of Providence, and the assistance I have received... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1804 - 458 pages
...diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so ;niv. a task, which however was superseded by a coniulence.in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the Supreme...successful termination of the war has verified the rio,t sanguine expectations, and my gratitude for the interposition of Providence, and the assistance... | |
| Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...a task, which, however, vas superseded by a confidence in the rectitude "of oar cause, the'*upport of the supreme power of the union, and the patronage of heaven. 3. The successful termination of the war has verified the most sanguine expectations ; and my gratitude... | |
| Richard Snowden - America - 1805 - 398 pages
...resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence , a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which, however, was...most sanguine expectations, and my gratitude for the interposition of providence, and the assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1805 - 410 pages
...resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with ^ diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which however was...most sanguine expectations, and my gratitude for the interposition of Providence, and the assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - Chronology, Historical - 1805 - 414 pages
...satisfaction tbc appointment I accepted with diffidence; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish si5 arduous a task, which however was superseded by a...most sanguine expectations, and my gratitude for the interposition of Providence, and the assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with... | |
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