 Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.  The Life of George Washington - עמוד 2001829 - 268 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Samuel Perkins - 1842 - 500 דפים
...Washington took his final leave of his officers of the army, addressing them in the following terms : " with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you, devoutly wishing that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former have been glorious... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1843 - 738 דפים
...entered the room. His emotions were too strong to be concealed. Pilling a glass, he turned to them and said, ' With a heart full of love and gratitude, I...latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your fonner ones have been glorious and honorable.' Having drunk, he added, 'I cannot come to each of you... | |
 | John Frost - 1844 - 438 דפים
...room. His emotions were too strong to be concealed ; filling a glass, and addressing the officers, he said, ' With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you, and devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been... | |
 | Jeptha Root Simms - 1845 - 686 דפים
...Excellency filled his glass with wine, and turning to his companions in arms, thus addressed them : " With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take...days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable" The officers drank a glass of wine with him, after which he... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - 1845 - 250 דפים
...and, in a voice almost choked with his emotions, addressed them in these noble and affecting words : " With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take...days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honourable." Having pledged himself to them all, he added, — " I cannot... | |
 | Howard H. Peckham - 1958 - 241 דפים
...December 4 he met his remaining officers at Fraunces Tavern for a farewell. He toasted them saying: "With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take...days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable." Then each man came forward sadly to shake his hand. They followed... | |
 | 1969 - 496 דפים
...calling for a glass of wine, thus addressed them : — With a heart full of love and gratitude I DOW take leave of you : I most devoutly wish that your...latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your iormer ones have been glorious and honourable." The officers came up successively, and he took an affectionate... | |
 | Cheiro - 2008 - 150 דפים
...victorious American Army when he met his assembled Generals for the last time. His own words were, "With heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you." Addressing the President of Congress, Washington said — "the great events on which my resignation... | |
 | Ohio State University. Alumni Association - 1915 - 550 דפים
...shows it us, any more helpful to our quest: "Pledging them in a glass of wine he then addressed them: 'With a heart full of love and gratitude I now take leave of you. May your latter days be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious. I shall be... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2000 - 426 דפים
...commissioners, who looked on the Tories as traitors who had practiced a particularly Voices of Liberty "With an heart full of love and gratitude I now take leave...days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable." —Washington's parting words to his officers at Fraunces Tavern,... | |
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