 | James Trecothick Austin - Biography & Autobiography - 1828 - 550 pages
...in the conduct of Washington. A gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends,...his country! His views are noble "and disinterested. He declared, when he accepted the mighty trust, that he would lay before us an exact account of his... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1829 - 606 pages
...upon the continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends, sacrificing his case, and hazarding all in the cause of his country ! His views are noble and disinterested. He declared, when he accepted the mighty trust, that he would lay before us an exact account of his... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 580 pages
...in the conduct of Washington. A gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends,...his country ! His views are noble and disinterested. He declared, when he accepted the mighty trust, that he would lay before us an exact account of his... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 578 pages
...in the conduct of Washington. A gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends,...his country ! His views are noble and disinterested. He declared, when he accepted the mighty trust, that he would lay before us an exact account of his... | |
 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 428 pages
...me in the conduct of Washingon. A gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends,...his country ! His views are noble and disinterested. He declared, when he accepted the mighty trust that he would lay before us an exact account of his... | |
 | 1839 - 648 pages
...in the conduct of Washington. A gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the Continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends,...his country ! His views are noble and disinterested. He declared when he accepted the mighty trust, that he would lay before us an exact accouat of his... | |
 | James Grahame - United States - 1845 - 536 pages
...in the conduct of Washington. A gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends,...his country. His views are noble and disinterested." " Washington," said General Henry Lee, on learning his death (and all America reechoed the declaration),... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1847 - 588 pages
...in the conduct of Washington. A gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends,...his country ! His views are noble and disinterested. He declared, when he accepted the mighty trust, that he would lay before us an exact account of his... | |
 | George Washington - 1852 - 464 pages
...of his army, but were justified and confirmed by the entire course of his military and public life. family, and friends, sacrificing his ease, and hazarding all in the cause of the country. His views are noble and disinterested. He declared, when accepting the mighty trust, that... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1855 - 566 pages
...Washington," writes Adams to a friend ; " a gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends,...his country. His views are noble and disinterested. He declared, when he accepted the mighty trust, that he would lay before us an exact account of his... | |
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There is something charming to me in the conduct of Washington," writes Adams to a friend, "a gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends, sacrificing his ease and hazarding all in... 
