 | 1839 - 556 pàgines
...sensations as PAINFUL (contemplating the reverse of this scene, which may be the case after all my labours to do good) as they were pleasing." How delightful...delightful is it at the distance of fifty years from that day of promised blessings and of anticipated disappointments, to reflect that all the fairest visions... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - 1840 - 216 pàgines
...rent the sky as I passed along the wharves, filled my mind * Washington's Writings, Vol. X. p. 461. with sensations as painful (contemplating the reverse...all my labors to do good,) as they were pleasing." * About a century and a half before, on the banks of the Thames, a similar crowd and like outward signs... | |
 | United States. President - 1854 - 616 pàgines
...purpose by the citizens of New York. " The display of boats," says Washington, in his private journal," which attended and joined on this occasion, some with...all my labors to do good) as they were pleasing." In this manner, on the 23d of April, the man possessed of a nation's love landed at the stairs on Murray's... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1855 - 714 pàgines
...others with instrumental music on board, the decorations of the ships, the roar of canVOL. H.— 5 non, and the loud acclamations of the people, which rent...all my• labors to do good) as they were pleasing." In this manner, on the 23d of April, the man possessed of a nation's love landed at the stairs on Murray's... | |
 | 1855 - 1226 pàgines
...acclamations of the people which rent the air аз I passed along the wharves, filled my mind with sensations (contemplating the reverse of this scene, which may be the case after all my labors to do good) as painful as they were pleasing." The pageantry which usually intoxicates the soul, and the adoration... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 516 pàgines
...rent the skies as I passed along the wharves, filled my mind with sensations as painful (considering the reverse of this scene, which may be the case, after all my labors to do good,) as they are pleasing." It is noted among the incidents of the day that the schooner Columbia, Captain Philip... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 406 pàgines
...country. In his Diary we find the following record of his feelings at the time: — " The display of boats which attended and joined on this occasion, some with...all my labors to do good) as they were pleasing." He was met at the wharf by the Governor of the State and the authorities of the city, and after passing... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 466 pàgines
...rent the skies as I passed along the wharves, filled my mind with sensations as painful (considering the reverse of this scene, which may be the case, after all my labors to do good,) as they are pleasing," It is noted among the incidents of the day that the schoonei Columbia, Captain Philip... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1856 - 520 pàgines
...acclamations of the people which rent the air as I passed along the wharves, filled my mind with sensations (contemplating the reverse of this scene, which may be the case after all my labors to do good) as painful as they were pleasing." The pageantry which usually intoxicates the soul, and the adoration... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 588 pàgines
...rent the skies, as I passed along the wharves, filled my mind with sensations as painful (considering the reverse of this scene, which may be the case after all my labors to do good) as they are pleasing." The inauguration was delayed for several days, in which a question arose as to the form... | |
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... attended and joined us on this occasion, some with vocal and some with instrumental music on board; the decorations of the ships, the roar of cannon and the loud acclamations of the people which rent the skies as I passed along the wharves, filled... 
