 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 794
...an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here return my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.' He then advanced and placed his commission in the hands of the president. Not a sound broke the sacred... | |
 | 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 534
...an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have BO long acted, I here return my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.' He then advanced and placed his commission in the hands of the president. Not a sound broke the sacred... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 544
...who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. " Having now finished the work assigned to me, I retire from the great theatre of action; and,...take my leave of all the employments of public life." Mr. Miffiin, president of congress, in behalf of that body, replied to ' this address, expressing their... | |
 | Howard H. Peckham - 1958 - عدد الصفحات: 241
...theatre of action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." Drawing his eight-year-old commission from his pocket, the only man who could have won the Revolution... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1985 - عدد الصفحات: 702
...theater of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. As Gary Wills has written: At that moment the ancient legend of Cincinnatus — the Roman called from... | |
 | Jeffrey H. Richards, Professor of Theatre Jeffrey H Richards - 1991 - عدد الصفحات: 368
...theatre of Action, and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose order I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life" (quoted in Middlekauff, 584). In the noble wartime theater of a Washington, as in the prewar arena... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1996 - عدد الصفحات: 230
...theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. [John C. Fitzpatrick, ed. The Writings of George Washington. 39 vols. Washington, DC, 1931-44,27:284-85.]... | |
 | C. Fraser Smith - 1999 - عدد الصفحات: 472
...theater of action; and bidding an affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission and take my leave of all the employments of public life." He would accept other public jobs, of course, but for the moment, Washington was headed into retirement.... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2000 - عدد الصفحات: 426
...theater of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." With this, Washington withdrew the documents of his commission from his pocket and handed them to the... | |
 | Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - 2001 - عدد الصفحات: 228
...theatre of action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. Chapter 17 A Rising Sun George and Martha Washington sat side by side in their carriage on Christmas... | |
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Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments... 
