 | Mason Locke Weems - 1996 - 230 páginas
...dearest Country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them, to his holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned...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 of public life.... | |
 | Chris Maser - 1998 - 274 páginas
...the superintendence of them, to his holy keeping." Struggling with the final words, Washington said: "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...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 of public life."... | |
 | Matthew Spalding, Patrick J. Garrity - 1996 - 244 páginas
...becoming a respectable Nation, I resign with satisfaction the Appointment I accepted with diffidence." "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action . . . and take my leave of all the employments of public life." So it was that Washington's modesty, self-control... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2000 - 426 páginas
..."Having now finished the work assigned me," he tearfully declared, "I retire from the great theater 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 of public life."... | |
 | C. Fraser Smith - 1999 - 472 páginas
...resignation depended, having at length taken place," Washington had said, "I retire from the great theater 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 of public life."... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt - 2001 - 372 páginas
...dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned...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 of public life.... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 2001 - 1584 páginas
...dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned...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 of public life.'... | |
 | Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - 2001 - 228 páginas
...the Indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. George choked back tears as he continued. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...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 of public life.... | |
 | 2002 - 366 páginas
...assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with every review of the momentous contest. ... Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...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 of public life.... | |
 | William J. Federer - 2002 - 346 páginas
...hardly a member of Congress who did not drop tears .“ After a pause Washington regained control. “Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...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 of public life.”... | |
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his holy keeping. 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 long acted, I here ofler my commission, and take my leave of all... 
