 | William Gordon - United States - 1788 - 500 pages
...farewel to this auguft body, under whofe orders *783 I have (a long acted, I here* offer my com million, and, take my leave of all the employments of public life." The general was fo powerfully imprefled, with the great and interefting fcenes that crowded in upon his imagination... | |
 | George Washington - Presidents - 1800 - 240 pages
...action ; and bidding an affectionate farewel to this august body, under whose orders I have long a&ed, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." TO WHICH THE PRESIDENT RETURNED THE FOLLOWING ANSWER : " THE United States in Congress assemr bled,... | |
 | William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 452 pages
...under whose orders I have so long acte here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the ments of public life." The general was so powerfully impressed with the great an« interesting scenes that crowded in upon his imagination vSrBile speaking, that he would have been... | |
 | 1802 - 440 pages
...moment, as worthy of the favorable notice and patronage of congress. I CONSIDER it an indispensible duty to close this last act of my official life by...body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offVr my commission, and take my leave of all the employment* of public life. BOROUGH of LANCASTER,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - America - 1804 - 432 pages
...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 all the employments of public life." To this the President returned an appropriate answer. CHA?. AMEUICA. 285 CHAP. XI. Disputes in different... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this aujvist body, under whose orders i have s>o long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my kave of nil the employments of public life. SINGULAR INSTANCE OF PATRIOTISM. 1. T? DWARD the' Third,... | |
 | John Marshall - Generals - 1805 - 666 pages
...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...take my leave of all the employments of public life." CHAP, xi. After advancing to the chair, and delivering 1783. his commission to the president, he returned... | |
 | Richard Snowden - America - 1805 - 398 pages
...theatre of action ; und bidding an affectionate farewell (o this august body, under whose orders I have long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." To which the president made a suitable reply. The mingled emotions that agitated the minds of the spectators... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1805 - 410 pages
...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 all the employments of public life." T* this the President returned au appropriate answer. CHAP, XI. X)isputcs in different States. General... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...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...commission, and take my leave of all the employments of publick life." Having advanced to the chair and delivered the President his Commission, he received... | |
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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... 
