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" I tell you, (with the world it would obtain little credit,) that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a... "
Orations and After-dinner Speeches of Chauncey M. Depew - Page 20
by Chauncey Mitchell Depew - 1896 - 537 pages
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The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 5

John Marshall - 1807 - 840 pages
...it would obtain little. credit} that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own on this voyage...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - Presidents - 1807 - 486 pages
...government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place cf his execution, so unwilling am I, in the evening of...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - Presidents - 1811 - 522 pages
...consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an ocean of difficulties, without that competeney of political skill, abilities, and inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage,...
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The Life of George Washington

Presidents - 1829 - 290 pages
...nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an ocean of difficulties, without the competency of political skill, abilities and inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people and a good name of my own, on this voyage;...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - 1832 - 278 pages
...world would obtain little credit, that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going...and inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm.—I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt.III. Private letters from the time ...

George Washington - United States - 1835 - 568 pages
...those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage;...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

John Marshall - Presidents - 1836 - 500 pages
...feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution; so unwilling am 1 in the evening of life, nearly consumed in public...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that 1 am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own on this voyage;...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. III. Private letters from the time ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 580 pages
...those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage...
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The Jubilee of the Constitution: A Discourse Delivered at the Request of the ...

John Quincy Adams - Constitutional history - 1839 - 156 pages
...it would obtain little credit,) that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people and a good name of my own, on this voyage,...
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Speeches on Special Occasions

Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1839 - 556 pages
...it would obtain little credit,) that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going...inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people and a good name of my own, on this voyage,...
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