 MR. PRESIDENT : The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress, and of presenting myself before them, to surrender into their hands the trust committed...  Life of Washington, v.3-4 - Page 394by Washington Irving - 1881Full view - About this book
 | George Washington - United States - 1855 - 586 pages
...PRESIDENT, The great events, on which my resignation depended, having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to...indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - 1896 - 476 pages
...congratulations to congress," he said, as he stood amidst the august scene they had prepared for him, "and of presenting myself before them to surrender...indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the op I a i portunity... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Great Britain - 1896 - 420 pages
...events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I present myself before Congress to surrender into their hands the trust committed...indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. " ' Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, I resign the appointment I accepted... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1896 - 1000 pages
...congratulations to congress," he said, as he stood amidst the august scene they had prepared for him, "and of presenting myself before them to surrender into their hands the trust commit! ed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. Happy in... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - United States - 1898 - 318 pages
...President, The great events, on which my resignation depended, having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to...indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded... | |
 | Everett Titsworth Tomlinson - United States - 1901 - 544 pages
...great events on which my resignation depended, having at length taken place, I now have the honour of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress,...indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded... | |
 | George Cochrane Hazelton - Washington (D.C.) - 1902 - 320 pages
...In the picture, we can almost hear him feelingly utter the words of his only surrender: " I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to...indulgence of retiring from the service of my country." Weir, Vanderlyn, Powell and Chapman Paintings. — By a joint resolution of June 23, 1836, a committee... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1885 - 418 pages
...events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I present myself before Congress to surrender into their hands the trust committed...indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. patronage of Heaven. I close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest... | |
 | George Cochrane Hazelton - Washington (D.C.) - 1902 - 360 pages
...the picture, we can almost hear him feelingly utter the words of his only surrender : " I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to...myself before them, to surrender into their hands the tmst committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country." Weir,... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - Presidents - 1903 - 568 pages
...PRES1DENT. — The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to...indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. " Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with an opportunity afforded... | |
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