You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a... Oliver Goldsmith - Seite 316von Washington Irving - 1859Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1834 - 436 Seiten
...proceed immediate, ly to Boston, to take upo:i me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that,...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid il, not only from a con. sciou?ness of its being a trust too great for... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 578 Seiten
...proceed immediately to Boston to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that,...so far from seeking this appointment. I have used even" endeavour in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part widi you and the family,... | |
| James Kirke Paulding - 1835 - 474 Seiten
...proceed immediately to Boston, to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you in the most solemn manner, that...to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part from you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity, and... | |
| James Kirke Paulding - 1835 - 228 Seiten
...proceed immediately to Boston, to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you in the most solemn manner, that...to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part from you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity, and... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 Seiten
...letters to that lady which has . L*L . been preserved : " You may believe me, my dear 1775. " Patsy, when I assure you in the most solemn " manner that so far from seeking this appoint" ment I have used every endeavour in my power " to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness... | |
| Jared Sparks - 1839 - 666 Seiten
...heart. 130 JEr. 43.] LIFE OF WASHINGTON. " You may believe me," said he, " when I assure you, CHAPTER in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this *"' appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to i775. avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family,... | |
| Jared Sparks - 1846 - 644 Seiten
...flowed from his heart. Hii reply to Congreu. 130 T. 43.] LIFE OF WASHINGTON. " You may believe me," said he, " when I assure you, in the most solemn manner,...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from ny unwillingness to part with you and the family, but... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 Seiten
...lie finds how Lee and Gates requited the friendship to which chiefly they owed their appointments. In this momentous change in his condition, which suddenly...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but... | |
| Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 204 Seiten
...proceed immediately to Boston to take upon me the command of it. " You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that,...far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but... | |
| Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 266 Seiten
...other eyes than her own to trace the cherished records. " You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when 1 assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but... | |
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