 About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity, and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York, in company with Mr.  Life of George Washington - Page 518by Washington Irving - 1869Full view - About this book
 | 1889 - 638 pages
...an undertone of inexpressible sadness in this entry in his diary on the night of his departure : " About ten o'clock I bade adien to Mount Vernon, to...York with the best disposition to render service to iny country in obedience to its call, but with less hope of answering its expectations." WASHINGTON'S... | |
 | Readers, American - 1889 - 466 pages
...the seat of government. An entry in his diary, dated the 16th, says : "About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic...painful sensations than I have words to express, set out with the best disposition to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less hope... | |
 | New York tribune - 1889 - 140 pages
...inexpressible sadness in this entry in his diary on the night of his departure: "About 10 o'clock l bade adieu to Mount vernon, to private life, and to domestic...oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than l have words to express, set out for New- York with the best disposition to render service to my country... | |
 | George Washington - Presidents - 1891 - 544 pages
...set out from Mount Vernon on April l6th, recording in his Diary : " About ten o'clock, 1 bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic...oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than 1 have words ;o express, set out for New York in company with Mr. Thomson and Colonel Humphreys, with... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1893 - 668 pages
...the seat of government. An entry in his diary, dated the i6th, says, "About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic...but with less hope of answering its expectations." His progress to the seat of government was a continual ovation. Old and young, women and children,... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - United States - 1915 - 800 pages
...Messages and Papers). f Irving, Life of Washington, vol. iv., pp. 539540. 82 INAUGURATION OF WASHINGTON. Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity...than I have words to express, set out for New York in company with Mr. Thomson and Colonel Humphreys, with the best disposition to render service to my... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1916 - 188 pages
...Washington made this sad entry in his diary for the 16th of April, 1789: "About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic...but with less hope of answering its expectations." The first President-elect's way to New York was strewn with verses and flowers, and allegoric ceremonies... | |
 | Paul Wilstach - Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) - 1916 - 426 pages
...his journey Thursday morning, April 16th. "About ten o'clock," he wrote in his diary, "I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic...than I have words to express, set out for New York in company with Mr Thomson and Col° Humphreys, with the best disposition to render service to my country... | |
 | Joseph Bucklin Bishop - Caricatures and cartoons - 1916 - 326 pages
...manage the helm. In his diary, under date of April 16, 1789, he wrote: About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic...than I have words to express, set out for New York in company with Mr. Thomson and Colonel Humphreys, with the best disposition to render service to my... | |
 | Frank Landon Humphreys - 1917 - 520 pages
...GENL. WILLIAMS.1 On April 1 6 Washington made this entry in his Diary: About ten o'clock, I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic...than I have words to express, set out for New York in company with Mr. Thompson and Colonel Humphries, with the best dispositions to render service to... | |
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