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" About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity ; and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York with the best disposition to render service... "
The Writings of George Washington: pt. IV. Letters official and private ... - Page 461
by George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1836
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The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 5

John Marshall - 1807 - 840 pages
...feelings inspired by an occasion so affecting to his mind are thus described, " about ten o'clock, I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and...express, set out for New York in company with Mr. Thompson, and colonel Humphries, with the best dispositions to render service to my country in obedience...
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An Essay on the Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...private journal. " About ten o'clock, I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestick felicity ; and with a mind oppressed with more anxious...than I have words to express, set out for New York, with the best dispositions to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 pages
...WASHINGTON. [1789. entered upon public life, he left upon his private journal. " About ten o'clock, I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and...than I have words to express, set out for New York, with the best dispositions to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 pages
...public life, he left upon his private journal. • " About ten o'clock, I bade adieu to Mount Vernou, to private life, and to domestic felicity; and with...sensations than I have words to express, set out for New ifork, with the best dispositions to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with...
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The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

Aaron Bancroft - 1826 - 234 pages
...ten o'clock, I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestick felicity ; and with I mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for NewYork, with the best dispositions to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with...
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The Life of George Washington

1829 - 290 pages
...which it was always his custom to keep, he wrote at the close of that dayť thus: " About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and...sensations than I have words to express, set out for New-York,—with the best dispositions to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but...
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The Life of George Washington

Anna C. Reed - 1832 - 282 pages
...journal, which it was his custom to keep, he wrote at the close of that day, thus: "About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and...than I have words to express, set out for New York, — with the best dispositions to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less...
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The Lives of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson: With a Parallel ...

Stephen Simpson - 1833 - 408 pages
...Humphreys. In his diary, he has thus described his feelings upon this eventful occasion: "About ten o'clock, I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and...sensations than I have words to express, set out for New Fork, in company with Mr. Thompson, and Colonel Humphreys, with the best dispositions to render service...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

John Marshall - 1836 - 500 pages
...the feelings inspired by an occasion so affecting to his mind are thus described, " about ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and...oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations wan I have words to express, set out for New York in company with Mr. Thompson, and Colonel Humphries,...
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Exemplary and Instructive Biography: For the Study of Youth

Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and domestic felicity," says he, in an entry in his diary ; " and, with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful...than I have words to express, set out for New York, with the best disposition to render service to my country, but with less hope of answering its expectations."...
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