You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a... Life of George Washington - Page 359by Washington Irving - 1865Full view - About this book
| Railroad engineering - 1834 - 436 pages
...proceed immediate, ly to Boston, to take upo:i me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that,...appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid il, not only from a con. sciou?ness of its being a trust too great for my capacity, and that I should... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 580 pages
...proceed immediately to Boston to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that,...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family,... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 578 pages
...proceed immediately to Boston to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that,...so far from seeking this appointment. I have used even" endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part widi you and the family,... | |
| James Kirke Paulding - American essays - 1835 - 474 pages
...proceed immediately to Boston, to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you in the most solemn manner, that...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part from you and the family,... | |
| James Kirke Paulding - 1835 - 228 pages
...proceed immediately to Boston, to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you in the most solemn manner, that...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part from you and the family,... | |
| James Kirke Paulding - Southern States - 1835 - 224 pages
...appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part from you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity, and that I should enjoy more real happiness and felicity in one month with you at home, than I have the... | |
| Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 430 pages
...you, in the most solemn manner that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness...its being a trust too great for my capacity ; and that I 'should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 pages
...letters to that lady which has . L*L . been preserved : " You may believe me, my dear 1775. " Patsy, when I assure you in the most solemn " manner that so far from seeking this appoint" ment I have used every endeavour in my power " to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 658 pages
...and under circumstances which prove them to have flowed from his heart. " You may believe me," said he, " when I assure you, in the most solemn manner,...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family,... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 654 pages
...and under circumstances which prove them to have flowed from his heart. "You may believe me," said he, "when I assure you, in the most solemn manner,...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family,... | |
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