 | George Washington - 1800 - 240 ページ
...myself equal to the command I am honoured with. *' WITH respect to pay, sir, I must beg leave to assure Congress, that as no pecuniary consideration could...tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expence of my domestic ease and happiness, I do net wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an... | |
 | George Washington - 1800 - 232 ページ
...no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expence of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expences. Those I doubt not they will discharge,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1805 - 410 ページ
...to Quebec. A body of troops commanded by general Arnold was ordered to march to Canada : after suf" As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the congress,...domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. 1 will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1806 - 398 ページ
...Great Britain. In the autumn, a body of troops under general Montgomery besieged and took the ganison of St. John's, which commands the entrance into Canada....accept this arduous employment, at the expense of ray domestic case and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an enact account... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 ページ
...utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honoured with. I beg leave, Sir, to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration...accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestick ease and happiness, 1 do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 ページ
...utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honoured with. I beg leave, Sir, to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration...domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. These, I doubt not, they will discharge,... | |
 | John Corry - 1809 - 262 ページ
...with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honoured with. " As to my pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that...tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expence of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1811 - 522 ページ
...with. " As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Confress that as no pecuniary consideration could ave tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the...domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses ; those I doubt not they will discharge,... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1814 - 274 ページ
...declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think, myself equal to the command I am honoured with. " As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress...accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my do- mestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account... | |
 | Thomas Wilson - 1817 - 344 ページ
...the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honoured with. " As to my pay, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary...arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic peace and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expences... | |
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As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an... 
