 | United States. Congress - 1858 - 788 sider
...remembered, affords no inconsiderable consolation. Taught by the great example which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private wishes to the...you have had the goodness to transmit to me ; and, ¡n doing this, I need not, I cannot, say what a sacrifice of individual feeling I make to a sense... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 804 sider
...remembered affords no inconsiderable consolation. ' ' Taught by the great example which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private wishes to the...transmit to me ; and, in doing this, I need not, I can not, say what a sacrifice of individual feeling I make to a sense of public duty. "With grateful... | |
 | George Washington Parke Custis - 1860 - 670 sider
...remembered affords no inconsiderable consolation. " Taught by the great example which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private wishes to the...transmit to me; and, in doing this, I need not, I can not, say what a saerifice of individual feeling I make to a sense of public duty. " With grateful... | |
 | James Albert Wineberger - 1860 - 98 sider
...remembered affords no inconsiderable consolation. Taught by that great example which I have so long had before me never to oppose my private wishes to the public will, I must consent to the request of Congress, which you have had the goodness to transmit to me ; and, in doing this, I need not, I... | |
 | William D'Arcy Haley - 1861 - 274 sider
...in the following beautiful and concise letter :— Taught, by the great example I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private wishes to the public will, 1 must consent to the request of Congress which you had the goodness to transmit to me; and, in doing... | |
 | Viator - 1864 - 302 sider
...Washington gave her assent in the following letter : "Taught by the great example I have so long had before me never to oppose my private wishes to the public will, I must consent to the request of Congress which you have had the goodness to transmit to me ; and, in doing this, I need not, I cannot,... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Hough - 1865 - 292 sider
...remembered, affords no inconsiderable consolation. Taught by the great example, which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private wishes to the...Congress, which you have had the goodness to transmit me, and in doing this, I need not, I cannot say, what a sacrifice of individual feeling I make to a... | |
 | 1865 - 328 sider
...Adams wrote to Mrs. Washington, who replied promptly as follows : — " Taught by the great example I have so longhad before me, never to oppose my private...to the public will, I must consent to the request of Congress which you had the goodness to transmit to me ; and in doing this, I need not — I cannot... | |
 | Edmund Quincy - 1867 - 596 sider
...admiration and affection which I have so truly feU myself. " I have also to thank you for the two Tracts which you have had the goodness to transmit to me, and in which I am happy to perceive a striking coincidence of opinion with some of those which I have myself... | |
 | Edmund Quincy - 1868 - 590 sider
...admiration and affection which I have so truly felt myself. " I have also to thank you for the two Tracts which you have had the goodness to transmit to me, and in which I am happy to perceive a striking coincidence of opinion with some of those which I have myself... | |
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Taught by the great example which I have so long had before me never to oppose my private wishes to the public will, I must consent to the request made by Congress, which you have had the goodness to transmit to me; and in doing this I need not, I can... 
