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" I feel myself eased of a load of public care. I hope to spend the remainder of my days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues. "
The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans - Page 20
by James Herring, James Barton Longacre - 1834
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An Essay on the Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...weight of his publick station. " The scene is at length closed. I feel myself eased of a load of publick care, and hope to spend the remainder of my days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestick virtues." This sentiment was more fully expressed to the Marquis La...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 pages
...his heart on being relieved from the weight of his public station. " The scene is at length closed. I feel myself eased of a load of public care, and...days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues." This sentiment was more fully expressed to the Marquis La...
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The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

Aaron Bancroft - Presidents - 1826 - 234 pages
...weight of his pnblick station. " The scene is at length closed. I feel myself eased of a load of publick care, and hope to spend the remainder of my days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestick virtues." This sentiment was more fully expressed to the Marquis La...
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The Lives of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson: With a Parallel ...

Stephen Simpson - Presidents - 1833 - 408 pages
...Governor Clinton, three days after his reaching Mount Vernon, he says: 'The scene is at length closed. I feel myself eased of a load of public care, and...days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues.' In another to Lafayette, he thus unfolds the sound philosophy...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. III. Private letters from the time ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 572 pages
...under your administration. The scene is at last closed. I feel myself eased of a load of public care. I hope to spend the remainder of my days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues. Permit me still to consider you in the number of my friends,...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt.III. Private letters from the time ...

George Washington - United States - 1835 - 568 pages
...under your administration. The scene is at last closed. I feel myself cased of a load of public care. I hope to spend the remainder of my days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues. Permit me still to consider you in the number of my friends,...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

John Marshall - Presidents - 1836 - 500 pages
...written only three days after his arrival at Mount Vernon, he says, " The scene is at length closed. I feel myself eased of a load of public care, and...days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues." " At length my dear marquis," said he to his noble and highly...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. III. Private letters from the time ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 580 pages
...under your administration. The scene is at last closed. I feel myself eased of a load of public care. I hope to spend the remainder of my days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues. Permit me still to consider you in the number of my friends,...
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American History and Biography: Containing an Epitome of American History

Presidents - 1838 - 296 pages
...closed," said he, three days after his arri/al there, "I feel myself eased of a load of public care, anil hope to spend the remainder of my days in cultivating...capable of the most enlarged views, he traced the broaa map of his country, and pointed out its capabilities and future greatness. In a letter to the...
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Washington

François Guizot - Presidents - 1840 - 262 pages
...he had divested himself of his official character, " I feel myself eased of a load of public care. I hope to spend the remainder of my days in cultivating the affections of good men and in the practice of the domestic virtues *." Again, a few weeks later : "I am just beginning to experience...
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