... more irresistible, I now take the liberty of resigning the office into your hands. Be pleased to accept with it my sincere thanks for all the indulgences which you have been so good as to exercise towards me in the discharge of its duties. Conscious... The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson - Page 221by Sarah Nicholas Randolph - 1871 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
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...towards me in the discharge of its duties. Conscious that my need of them has been great, I have still ever found them greater, without any other claim on...retirement a lively sense of your goodness, and shall continue'gratefully to remember it. With very sincere prayers for your life, health, and tranquillity,... | |
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...towards me in the discharge of its duties. Conscious that my need of them has been great, I have still ever found them greater, without any other claim on...my part than a firm pursuit of what has appeared to ine to be right, and a thorough life, the event, however anxious I am to avert it, must be submitted... | |
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| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1836 - 590 pages
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...has appeared to be right, and a thorough disdain of all means which were not as open and honourable as their object was pure. I carry into my retirement...and shall continue gratefully to remember it. " With my serious prayers for your life, health, and tranquillity, I pray you to accept the homage of the... | |
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...integrity, almost extorted by a somewhat 1793. bold assertion, in Jefferson's leave-taking letter, of a '' thorough disdain of all means which were not as open and honorable as their object was pure." He retired to his patrimonial estate of Monticello, as he said, to withdraw from politics after twenty-four... | |
| Richard Hildreth - United States - 1851 - 716 pages
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