 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
 | United States. President - United States - 1854 - 616 pages
...necessary for me to proceed immediately to Boston to take upon me the command of it. " You may believe me, when I assure you in the most solemn manner, that,...of 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... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1855 - 714 pages
...necessary for me to proceed immediately to Boston to take upon me the command of it. " You may believe me, when I assure you in the most solemn manner, that,...of 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... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1855 - 638 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 - United States - 1855 - 568 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,... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - Presidents - 1856 - 422 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,...of 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... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 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,...of 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... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1858 - 424 pages
..." 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...consciousness of its " being a trust too great for iny capacity, and that I " should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home than I have... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1858 - 420 pages
...only one of his letters to that lady which has been preserved : 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 endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 pages
...army in Boston, as well as the real American merit of both, I could not withhold my vote from either." In this momentous change in his condition, which suddenly...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,... | |
 | E. Cecil - Presidents - 1859 - 292 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 effort in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but... | |
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