 | Mary L. Williamson - 2004 - 132 страници
...arose and, while a silence like that of death filled the chamber, made a brief speech concluding thus: "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theater of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have... | |
 | John P. Kaminski - 2004 - 68 страници
...which was necessary for him to recover himself, he proceeded to say in the most penetrating manner, "Having now finished the work assigned me I retire from the great theater of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body under whose orders I have... | |
 | Washington Irving - 2005 - 417 страници
...of Almighty God ; and those who have the superintendence of them, to his holy keeping. " Having HOW finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great...take my leave of all the employments of public life." " Few tragedies ever drew so many tears from so many beautiful eyes," gays a writer who was present,... | |
 | A. A. Sorensen - 2005 - 404 страници
...disaster — words that were written for the occasion by Thomas Jefferson. He concluded by saying, "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...farewell to this august body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission and take my leave of all the employments of public life."... | |
 | Bruce Chadwick - 2005 - 595 страници
...when he asked God to watch over the United States, and then he ended, telling the hushed chamber that "having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theater of action; and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body under whose orders I have... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2007 - 398 страници
..."HAVING NOW FINISHED the work assigned me," he tearfullv declared, "I retire from the great theater of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life."... | |
 | Mark McNeilly - 2008 - 224 страници
...resignation as the commander-in-chief of the army on December 23, 1783, in another emotional ceremony: "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life."... | |
 | Carson Holloway - 2008 - 244 страници
...(including constitutional reform), he resigned his commission before Congress in December of 1783: "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life"... | |
 | Tom Lansford, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - 2007 - 116 страници
...to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. . . . Having Jinished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre...bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body undei' whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission and take leave of all the employments... | |
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Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments... 
