 Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world ; having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict and...  Works - Page 35by Washington Irving - 1857Full view - About this book
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1854 - 588 pages
...oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action, with the blessings of your fellow-citizens ; but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with your...command ; it will continue to animate remotest ages. We feel with you our obligations to the army in general, and will particularly charge ourselves with... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1854 - 412 pages
...you retire from the great theater of action with the blessings of your fellow-citizens; but the giory of your virtues will not terminate with your military...command; it will continue to animate remotest ages. We feel with you our obligations to the army in general, and will particularly charge ourselves with... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1855 - 586 pages
...oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow citizens ; but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with your...command, it will continue to animate remotest ages. " We feel with you our obligations to the army in general, and will particularly charge ourselves with... | |
 | American prose literature - 1855 - 506 pages
...oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow-citizens ; but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with your...command ; it will continue to animate remotest ages. We feel with you our obligations to the army in general, and will particularly charge ourselves with... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - History - 1855 - 336 pages
...oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action, with the blessings of your fellowcitizens; but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with your...command — it will continue to animate remotest ages." At the close of this address Washington withdrew, and retired to Mount Vernon, unconscious that all... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - United States - 1855 - 532 pages
...replied, reviewing in a few words the great career thus brought to a close, and saying in conclusion, "The glory of your virtues will not terminate with your military command : it will continue to animate the remotest ages. . . . We join with you in commending the interests of our country to Almighty God,... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - Presidents - 1856 - 406 pages
...oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action with the blessings of your fellowcitizens ; but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with your...command, it will continue to animate remotest ages. " We feel with you our obligations to the army in general, and will particularly charge ourselves with... | |
 | George Tucker - History - 1856 - 672 pages
...oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow-citizens : but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with your...command; it will continue to animate remotest ages." After promising to charge themselves with the interests of his confidential officers, and joining him... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - United States - 1856 - 466 pages
...reviewing in a few words the great career thus brought to a close, and saying in conclusion, " The glory of your virtues will not terminate with your military command : it will continue to animate the remotest ages. . . . We join with you in commending the interests of our country to Almighty God,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Presidents - 1857 - 588 pages
...retire," added he, " from the theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow-citizens ; but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with your...festival. " The scene is at last closed," said he in a let1 Editor of the Maryland Gazette. ter to Governor Clinton ; " I feel myself eased of a load of public... | |
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