 I am now, I believe, fixed in this seat, with an agreeable partner for life, and I hope to • find more happiness in retirement than I ever experienced in the wide and bustling world.  George Washington - Seite 661895Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 566 Seiten
...am now, I believe, fixed in this seat, with an agreeable partner for life, and I hope to find moro happiness in retirement than I ever experienced in the wide and bustling world." This was no Utopian dream transiently indulged, amid the charms of novelty. It was a deliberate purpose... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1858 - 420 Seiten
...period he says : " I am " now, I believe, fixed at this seat with an agreeable " partner for life, and I hope to find more happiness in " retirement than I ever experienced amidst the wide " and bustling world." He mentions in the same letter, " the longing desire which for... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1859 - 422 Seiten
...Washington writes : " I am J- now, I believe, fixed in this seat, wife an agreeable partner, for life, and I hope to find more happiness in retirement, than...ever experienced in the wide and bustling world." 9 TN 2. This was no Utopian1 dream, transiently 3 indulged amid the charms of novelty. It was a deliberate... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 Seiten
...Vernon, he writes: " I am now, I believe, fixed in this seat, with an agreeable partner for life, and I hope to find more happiness in retirement than I ever experienced in the wide and bustling world." This was no Utopian dream transiently indulged amid the charms of novelty. It was a deliberate purpose... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1860 - 492 Seiten
...Vernon, he writes : " I am now, I believe, fixed in this seat, with an agreeable partner for life, and I hope to find more happiness in retirement than I ever experienced in tho wide and bustling world." This was no Utopian dream transiently indulged, amid the charms of novelty.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 Seiten
...Washington writes : " I am now, I believe, fixed in this seat, wife an agreeable partner, for life, and I hope to find more happiness in retirement, than...ever experienced in the wide and bustling world." 2. This was no Utopian1 dream, transiently' indulged amid the charms of novelty. It was a deliberate... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1862 - 688 Seiten
...husband, to a correspondent in London, " fixed at this seat with an agreeable partner for life, and I hope to find more happiness in retirement than I ever experienced amidst the wide and bustling world." The occupations and resources of his life at this period have... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - 1864 - 842 Seiten
...loved. He says, — " I am now, I believe, fixed at this seat, with an agreeable partner, for life ; and I hope to find more happiness in retirement than I ever experienced in the wide and bustling world!" " I can truly say, I had rather be at Mount Vernon, with a friend or two about me, than to be attended... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 Seiten
..."Washington writes : "lam now, I believe, fixed in this seat, wife an agreeable partner, for life, and I hope to find more happiness in retirement, than...ever experienced in the wide and bustling world." 2. This was no Utopian* dream, transiently indulged amid the charms of novelty. It was a deliberate... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1870 - 460 Seiten
...WASHINGTON'S CHILDREN. " I am now, I believe, fixed in this seat with an agreeable partner for life, and I hope to find more happiness in retirement than I ever experienced in the wide and bustling world." He was then seven-and-twenty years of age, and over six feet two inches in height, and admirably proportioned.... | |
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