| Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...the shadow of my own vine and my own figtree, free from the bustle of a camp and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil...his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufficient for us all, — and the courtier, who is always watching the countenance... | |
| 1809 - 530 pages
...shadow of my own " vine, and my own fig-tree. Free from the bustle of a camp, and "die busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which die soldier, who is ever in pur' suit of fame — die statesman, whose watchful days and sleepless... | |
| John Marshall - 1807 - 840 pages
...shadow of my own vine, and my own fig tree, free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil...own. ..perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufficient for us all... and the courtier who is always watching the countenance of... | |
| David Ramsay - Presidents - 1807 - 486 pages
...tree, free from the bustle of a camp and the busy scenes ,pf public life, I am solacing myselfwitfi those tranquil enjoyments, • of .-which the. soldier,...sleepless nights are spent in devising schemes to promote jfte, welfare of his o.wn, perhaps, .the ruin of other countries, as i£ this globe was insufficient... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...camp, and the busy scenes of publick life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, pf which the soldier who is ever in pursuit of fame, the statesman whose watchful clays and sleepless nights are spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own perhaps... | |
| English literature - 1809 - 530 pages
...shadow of my own vine, and my own fig-tree. Free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil...enjoyments, of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame—the statesman, whose watchful days and sleepless, nights are spent in devising schemes to promote... | |
| David Ramsay - Presidents - 1811 - 522 pages
...the shadow of my own vine and my own figtree, free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil...his own; perhaps the ruin of other countries, as" if this globe was insufficient for us all ; and the courtier, who is always watching the countenance of... | |
| David Ramsay - Generals - 1814 - 274 pages
...shadow of my own vine and my own fig tree, free from, the bustle of a. camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments of which the soldier, wtio is ever in pursuit of fame ; the statesman, whose watchful days and sleepless nights are spent... | |
| An Officer in the late army - 1826 - 524 pages
...shadow of my own vine, and my own fig-tree, free from the bustle of the camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil...his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufficient for us all, — and the courtier, who is always watching the countenance... | |
| American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...the shadow of my own vine and my own fig-tree, free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil...his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufficient for us all, — and the courtier, who is always watching the countenance... | |
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