 Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another, in this great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may...  The Siege of Boston - Page 375by Allen French - 1911 - 450 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 578 pages
...attentive and diligent. Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock -jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages...arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. What will be the end of these manoeuvres is beyond my scan. I... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 580 pages
...attentive and diligent. Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages...arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. What will be the end of these manoeuvres" is beyond my scan.... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1834 - 450 pages
...and such a want of virtue! such stock-jobhing, and felicity at all the low arts to obtain advantages in this great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never see again." And again " such a mercenary spirit pervades the whole, that I should... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 pages
...place : " Such a dearth of public [spirit] " and want of virtue ; such stock -jobbing and fer" tility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of " one kind or another in this great change of " military management, I never saw before, and " pray God I may never be witness to again ! " * No wonder if at... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1847 - 588 pages
...attentive and diligent. Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock -jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages...arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. What will be the end of these manffiuvres is beyond my scan.... | |
 | William Bradford Reed - United States - 1847 - 460 pages
...not more attentive and diligent. Such a dearth of public and want of virtue, such stock-jobbing and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages,...military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God I may never be witness to again. What will be the ultimate end of these manoeuvres is beyond my... | |
 | Richard Frothingham - Boston (Mass.) - 1851 - 460 pages
...his trials. " Such a dearth of public (spirit) and want of virtue," he wrote, "such stock-jobbing and fertility in all the low arts, to obtain advantages of one kind and another, I never saw before, and pray God I never may be witness to again." ' Daring November a... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1852 - 254 pages
...in which he says, " Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages...arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again." (Vol. III. p. 178.) You are not ignorant of this passage, since... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1852 - 48 pages
...in which he says, " Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages...arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again." (Vol. III. p. 178.) You are not ignorant of this passage, since... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Manuscripts - 1852 - 60 pages
...in which he says9 " Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages...arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again." (Vol. III. p. 178.) You are not ignorant of this passage, since... | |
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