 | Jeffrey H. Richards, Professor of Theatre Jeffrey H Richards - 1991 - 368 str.
...great 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... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1996 - 230 str.
...distinguished merits of the Gentlemen who have been attached to my person during the War. It was impossible the choice of confidential Officers to compose my...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.... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2000 - 426 str.
..."Having now finished the work assigned me," he tearfully declared, "I retire from the great theater of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to...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... | |
 | Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - 2001 - 228 str.
...the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. George choked back tears as he continued. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...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... | |
 | 2002 - 366 str.
...assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with every review of the momentous contest. . . . Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. Source: Rhodehamel, The American Revolution. From Center... | |
 | Gleaves Whitney - 2003 - 496 str.
...have the superintendence of them, to his holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, 1 retire from the great theatre of Action — and bidding...so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. (Source: National Archives, Washington, DC, Papers... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 2002 - 680 str.
...the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewel 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." The general was so powerfully impressed, with the... | |
 | Robert Francis Jones - 2002 - 274 str.
...esp. 466-68; chap. 29 for the trip to Annapolis and for Washington's leave-taking of the C'.ongress. under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." Thomas Mifflin, as president of Congress, accepted... | |
 | Peter F. Copeland, Coloring Books - 2003 - 52 str.
...He then traveled to Annapolis, Maryland, where he resigned his commission on December 23. He stated, "Having now finished the work assigned me. I retire...so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life." Washington then departed for Virginia to rejoin his... | |
 | Bryan-Paul Frost, Jeffrey Sikkenga - 2003 - 852 str.
...independence, and gratitude for the support of his countrymen and trusted aides, he bade farewell: "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life" (W 547-48). Jefferson soon wrote to him: "the moderation... | |
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I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life, by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. " Having now... 
