 | John Lendrum - 1836 - 202 pages
...character in the mean while may suffer." On the 15th of February he had occasion for writing — " I can assure you that no person ever heard me drop...claims of Great Britain, operate with additional force ar this day ; nor is it my desire to withdraw my services, while they are considered of importance... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 610 pages
...determined to resign his command. On this occasion he wrote to a gentleman in NewEngland as follows : " I can assure you that no person ever heard me drop...but to report a design of this kind, is among the acts which those who are endeavoring to effect a change, are practising to bring it to pass. I have... | |
 | George Washington - 1847 - 606 pages
...these few days. The question there put was, in some degree, solved in my last. But to be more explicit, I can assure you, that no person ever heard me drop...are considered of importance in the present contest ; bat to report a design of this kind is among the arts, which those, who are endeavouring to effect... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1850 - 670 pages
...determined to resign his command. On this occasion he wrote to a gentleman in NewEngland as follows: " I can assure you that no person ever heard me drop...present contest: but to report a design of this kind, is amon:j the ads which those who are endeavoring to effect a change, are practising to bring it to pass.... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1853 - 466 pages
...letter his anxiety in consequence of a report that he v>as about to resign his commission, he wrote : " I can assure you that no person ever heard me drop...in the present contest ; but to report a design of tills kind, is among the arts, which those who are endeavouring to effect a change, are practising... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1857 - 472 pages
...letter his anxiety in consequence of a report that he vas about to resign his commission, he wrote : " I can assure you that no person ever heard me drop...considered of importance in the present contest ; but to renort a design of this kind, is among the arts, which them who are endeavouring to effect a change,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 872 pages
...remarks : " The question there put was, in some degree, solved in my last ; hut to be more explicit, I can assure you, that no person ever heard me drop an expression that hud a tendency to resignation. The same principles that led me to embark in the opposition to the arbitrary... | |
 | 1866 - 470 pages
...expressed some anxiety lest he should resign, " The same principles that led ine to стЪагТс in the opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great...are considered of importance in the present contest. . . . I have said, and I still do say, that there is -not an officer in the services of the United... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1866 - 544 pages
...expression that had a tendency to rosig• — -^-J' nation. The same principles that led me to embark 1778* in the opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great...my services while they are considered of importance to the present contest. There is not an officer in the service of the United States that would return... | |
 | 1866 - 950 pages
...should resign, " The tame principles that led me 1« embark in the opposition to the arbitrary claim» of Great Britain, operate with additional force at...are considered of importance in the present contest. . . . I have said, and I still do say, that there is not an officer in the sercicu of'tfie United Statte... | |
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I can assure you that no person ever heard me drop an expression that had a tendency to resignation. The same principles that led me to embark in the opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain, operate with additional force at this day ; nor... 
