 | John Fiske - United States - 1897 - 516 pages
..."You retire," said Mifrlin, " from the theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow-citi/.ens, but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with...your military command; it will continue to animate remotest ages." The next morning Washington hurried away to spend Christmas at his pleasant home at... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - United States - 1898 - 430 pages
...nation, have been enabled, under a just Providence, to close the war in freedom, safety and independence. Having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict and to those who feel oppression, with the blessings of your fellow-citizens, you retire from the great theater of action; but the glory... | |
 | George Cary Eggleston - Biography & Autobiography - 1901 - 528 pages
...to-day than it was when the President of Congress, in 1783, said to Washington : "You retire from the theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow-citizens...your military command. It will continue to animate the remotest ages." All this is instructively significant and indicative. It aptly suggests not only... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1885 - 418 pages
...life.' " To which the President replied : — " ' Sir, having defended the standard of liberty in the New World, having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict and those who feel oppression, you retire with the blessings of your fellowcitizens ; though the glory... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - Presidents - 1903 - 570 pages
...freedom, safety, and independence, on which happy event we sincerely join you in congratulations. " Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world,...those who feel oppression, you retire from the great theater of action with the blessings of your fellowcitizens. But the glory of your virtues will not... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - Presidents - 1903 - 568 pages
...lesson useful to those who inflict and to those who feel oppression, you retire from the great theater of action with the blessings of your fellowcitizens....your military command ; it will continue to animate remotest ages. " We feel with you our obligations to the army in general and will particularly charge... | |
 | New York (State). Governor - 1904 - 568 pages
...freedom, safety, and independence; on which happy event, we sincerely join you in congratulations. "Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world:...great theatre of action, with the blessings of your fellow citizens ; but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with your military command; it will... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1905 - 594 pages
...the rights of the civil power, through all disasters and changes. " You retire," added he, " from the theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow-citizens...your military command ; it will continue to animate remotest ages." The very next morning Washington left Annapolis, and ( hastened to his beloved Mount... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1906 - 642 pages
...life.' To which the President replied : — " ' Sir, having defended the standard of liberty in the New World, having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict and those who feel oppression, you retire with the blessings of your fellow-citizens ; though the glory... | |
 | 1907 - 638 pages
...parchment, exclaimed: "You retire from the theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow citizens, but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with...your military command; it will continue to animate remotest ages." The great man now retired to that colonial home on the romantic eminence, where the... | |
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Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world ; having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict and to those who feel oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action, with the blessings of your fellow-citizens ; but the glory of... 
