 | 1842 - 574 Seiten
...towards the close of that period, writes with something of a tone of disappointed ambition : — ' I know not how it is, but in proportion as danger...wisdom, contrived for me the most insignificant office thai ever tlte invention of man contrived, or his imagination conceived ; and as I can do neither good... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1842 - 456 Seiten
...this Adams seems to have felt keenly. On the 19th of December, 1793, he wrote to Mr«. Adams — " My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the...invention of man contrived, or his imagination conceived." He enjoyed, however, the confidence of Washington, with whose political views his own were in exact... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 Seiten
...affairs. He considered the post of Vice-President beneath his talents. " My country," writes he, " has, in its wisdom, contrived for me the most insignificant...invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived."' Impatient of a situation in which, as he said, he could do neither good nor evil, he resorted, for... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1862 - 464 Seiten
...talents. " My country," writes he, " has, in its wisdom, contrived for me the most insigx nificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived."* Impatient of a situation in which, as he said, he could do neither good nor evil, he resorted, for... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 488 Seiten
...public affairs. He considered the post of VicePresident beneath his talents. " My country," writes he, "has, in its wisdom, contrived for me the most insignificant...invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived."* Impatient of a situation in which, as he said, he could do neither good nor evil, he resorted, for... | |
 | 1868 - 1048 Seiten
...pigeons will never fly till this is done." lie speaks of his position as Vice President in this way : " My country has, in its wisdom, contrived for me the...be borne away by others and meet the common fate. Nearly one half of our continent is in direct opposition to the other, and the President's situation,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1869 - 634 Seiten
...affairs. He considered the post of Vice President beneath his talents. " My country," writes he, " has, in its wisdom, contrived for me the most insignificant...the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived."1 Im• patient of a situation in which, as he said, he could do neither good nor evil,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1871 - 256 Seiten
...impartiality, were chiefly required for that office. They were not his shining talents. He called his ' the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived, or his imagination conceived.' * In a period of great excitement, 1789, he wrote the ' Davila ' papers, once read with intense wrath,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1871 - 602 Seiten
...impartiality, were chiefly required for that office. They were not his shining talents. He called his ' the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived, or his imagination conceived.' * In a period of great excitement, 1789, he wrote the ' Davila ' papers, once read with intense wrath,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1873 - 550 Seiten
...public affairs. He considered the post of Vice President beneath his talents. " My country," writes he " has, in its wisdom, contrived for me the most insignificant office that %ver the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived."1 Impatient of a situation in which,... | |
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