 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 514 pages
...as by Cincinuatus or Regulus. At the close of his glorious military career he says: 'I am preparing to return to that domestic retirement which it is well known I left with the deepest regret, and for which I have not ceased to sigh through a long and puinful absence.' "Your... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 514 pages
...as by Cincinnatus or K«gulus. At the close of his glorious military career he says: 'I am preparing to return to that domestic retirement which it is well known I left with the deepest regret, and for which I have not ceased to sigh through a long and painful absence.' "Your... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - America - 1889 - 848 pages
...the honor to hold an appointment in the service of my country being accomplished, I am now preparing to return to that domestic retirement which, it is...of the world, I meditate to pass the remainder of my life in a state of undisturbed repose." Then, after remarking that ** this is the favorable moment... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - United States - 1889 - 214 pages
...service of my country being accomplished, I am now preparing to resign it into the hands of Congress, and return to that domestic retirement which, it is well...ceased to sigh through a long and painful absence, in which (remote from the noise and trouble of the world) I meditate to pass the remainder of life... | |
 | George Washington - Quotations, American - 1894 - 510 pages
...DOMESTIC RETIREMENT. accomplished, I am now preparing to resign it into the hands of Congress, and to return to that domestic retirement, which, it is...remainder of life, in a state of undisturbed repose. 1783. The hour of my resignation is fixed, at twelve today ;* after which, I shall become a private... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - Presidents - 1894 - 684 pages
...the honor to hold an appointment in the service of my country being accomplished, I am now preparing to return to that domestic retirement which, it is...of the world, I meditate to pass the remainder of my life in a state of undisturbed repose." Then, after remarking that "this is the favorable moment... | |
 | Worthington Chauncey Ford - Portraits - 1900 - 382 pages
...service of my country being accomplished, I am now preparing to resign it into the hands of Congress, and to return to that domestic retirement which, it is...remainder of life in a state of undisturbed repose." Happy as had been the issue of the contest, and successful as it had been in securing a recognition... | |
 | Benson John Lossing, John Fiske, Woodrow Wilson - United States - 1901 - 544 pages
...of my country, being accomplished, I am now preparing to resign it into the hands of Congress, and to return to that domestic retirement which, it is...ceased to sigh, through a long and painful absence, find in which (remote from the noise and trouble of the world) I meditate to pass the remainder of... | |
 | James Robert Bent Hathaway - Genealogy - 1901 - 664 pages
...resign it into the hands of Congress, and to return to that domestic retirement which it is well known 1 left with the greatest reluctance, a retirement for which I have never ceased to sigh through a lung and painful absence, and in which (remote from the noise and trouble of the World), I meditate... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - Presidents - 1903 - 570 pages
...service of my country being accomplished, I am now preparing to resign it into the hands of Congress, and return to that domestic retirement, which, it is well...ceased to sigh through a long and painful absence, in which (remote from the noise and trouble of the world) I meditate to pass the remainder of life,... | |
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Congress, arid to return to that domestic retirement, which, it is well known, I left with the greatest reluctance; a retirement for which I have never ceased to sigh, through a long and painful absence, and in which (remote from the noise and trouble... 
