 | Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...looking back, and tracing with an eager eye the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands and mire which lay in his way, and into which none but the...of human events could have prevented his falling. I have become a private citizen on the banks of the Potowmac ; and, under the shadow of my own vine... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...looking back and tracing with an eager eye, the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands and mirts which lay in his way, and into which none but the...of human events could have prevented his falling." Soon after the proclamation of peace, Congress unanimously resolved to erect at the place which should... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - Presidents - 1826 - 234 pages
...revolving many things in my mind, that I was no longer a publick man, or had any thing to do with publick transactions. I feel, now however, as I conceive a...of human events could have prevented his falling." Soon after the proclamation of peace, Congress unanimously resolved to erect at the place which should... | |
 | Presidents - 1829 - 290 pages
...tracing with eager eye, the meanders by which he has escaped the quicksands and mires which lay in bis way, and into which, none but the all-powerful Guide...of human events, could have prevented his falling." For several months after his return home, he received, almost every day, addresses from all parts of... | |
 | Anna C. Reed - 1832 - 282 pages
...— and from his house-top, in looking back and tracing with eager eye, the meanders by which he has escaped the quicksands and mires which lay in his...of human events, could have prevented his falling." For several months after his return home, he received, almost every day, addresses from all parts of... | |
 | American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...back, and tracing with an eager eye the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands and mires, vhich lay in his way, and into which none but the all-powerful...of human events could have prevented his falling." " 1 have become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac ; and, under the shadow of my own vine... | |
 | Readers - 1833 - 224 pages
...eager eye the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands and mires, which lay in his way, and 'rtto which none but the all-powerful Guide and Dispenser...of human events could have prevented his falling. 32. "I have become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, and, under the shadow of my own vine... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1835 - 568 pages
...conceive a wearied traveller must do, who, after treading many a painful step with a heavy burthen on his shoulders, is eased of the latter, having reached...of human events could have prevented his falling. I shall be very happy, and I hope I shall not be disappointed, in seeing you at the proposed meeting... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1836 - 530 pages
...looking back and tracing, with an eager eye, the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands and mire which lay in his way, and into which none but the...of human events could have prevented his falling. " I have become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, and, under the shadow of my own vine... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 650 pages
...my surprise at finding, after revolving many things in my mind, that I was no longer a public man, nor had any thing to do with public transactions....of human events could have prevented his falling." The time and thoughts of Washington were now confined to his farms, and to such acts of hospitality... | |
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I feel now, however, as I conceive a wearied traveller must do, who, after treading many a painful step with a heavy burden on his shoulders, is eased of the latter, having reached the haven to which all the former were directed ; and from his house-top... 
