 Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments...  Life of George Washington - Page 461by Washington Irving - 1869Full view - About this book
 | George Watterston - Washington (D.C.) - 1842 - 252 pages
...rose and addressed that body, in a brief but affecting manner, and thus concluded his address : '' Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...action; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave... | |
 | Salem Town - 1845 - 296 pages
...the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. " Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...action; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - Presidents - 1845 - 250 pages
...the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1845 - 900 pages
...his commission into the hands of congress. " Having now," he said in the conclusion of his address, " finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great...action ; and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Europe - 1845 - 872 pages
...who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. " Having now finished the work assigned to me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1846 - 396 pages
...the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave... | |
 | Michael Doheny - United States - 1846 - 264 pages
...the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. " Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - Presidents - 1846 - 250 pages
...the protection of Almighty God, a> those who have the superintendence of them to hia holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1847 - 474 pages
...the protection cf Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. " Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and b:dding an aficctionatc farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, 1 here... | |
 | Salem Town - American literature - 1847 - 420 pages
...the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theater of action ; and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders 1... | |
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