 Potomac ; and, under the shadow of my own vine and my own fig-tree, free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame, — the...  Washington - עמוד 88מאת François Guizot - 1840 - 230 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier marquis de Lafayette - 1837 - 502 דפים
...LAFAYETTE. (ORIGINAL.) Mount Vernon, February 1st, 1784. AT length, my dear marquis, I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, and under the shadow of my own vine and fig-tree, free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life. I am pleasing myself... | |
 | 1837 - 656 דפים
....such a man ! " Mount Vernon, February 1st, J784. " At length, my <Jear marquis, I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, and under the shadow of my own vine and fig-tree, free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life. I atn pleasing myself... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 666 דפים
...to his friends. "At length," said he, February i. in writing to Lafayette, " I am become a private citizen, on the banks of the Potomac ; and, under...busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame, the statesman, whose... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 576 דפים
...MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE. Mount Yemen, 1 February, 1784. At length, my dear Marquis, I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac ; and under the...busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame, the statesman, whose... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 632 דפים
...to his friends. "At length," said he, February i. in writing to Lafayette, " I am become a private citizen, on the banks of the Potomac ; and, under...busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame, the statesman, whose... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1841 - 514 דפים
...beautifully depicted in the following letters to his idol, La Fayette:— " At length I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac ; and under the...busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame, the statesman, whose... | |
 | 1841 - 566 דפים
...beautifully depicted in the following letters to his idol, La Fayette : — " At length I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac ; and under the...fig-tree, free from the bustle of a camp, and the Ьм-у scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier,... | |
 | 1841 - 508 דפים
...beautifully depicted in the following letters to his idol, La Fayette:— " At length I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac ; and under the...of my own vine and my own fig-tree, free from the hustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments,... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 610 דפים
...Powerful Guide and Dispenser of human events could have prevented his falling. "I have become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, and, under the...busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of feme — the statesman, whose... | |
 | John Cockin - 1843 - 480 דפים
...and die in peace and retirement on my own farm. Under the shadow of my own vine and my own fig tree, free from the bustle of a camp and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments of which the soldier, the statesman, and the courtier, can have very little... | |
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