 | 1855 - 506 Seiten
...public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier, who is ever hi pursuit of fame, — the statesman, whose watchful...always watching the countenance of his prince, in the hope of catching a gracious smile, — can have very little conception. I have not only retired... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1855 - 464 Seiten
...camp, and the busy scenes of publick life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier who is ever in pursuit of fame,...his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries (as if the globe was insufficient for us all) and the courtier whc is always watching the countenance of his... | |
 | 1855 - 804 Seiten
...a camp, und the busy scenes of public life, 1 am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame...devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, or perhaps the ruin ol' other countries, us if this globe was insufficient for us all, and the courtier,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1194 Seiten
...bustle of a camp and the busy scenss of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame,...devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, pernaps the ruin of other countries — as if this globe was insufficient for us all ; and the courtier,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 532 Seiten
...a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame,...devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, or perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe were insufficient for us all, and the courtier,... | |
 | 1855 - 632 Seiten
...a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame,...statesman, whose watchful days and sleepless nights are spant in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries, as... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1855 - 466 Seiten
...devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries (as if the globo was insufficient for us all) and the courtier who...is always watching the countenance of his Prince in the hope of catching a gracious smile, can have very little conception. I have not only retired from... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1856 - 396 Seiten
...the camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier who is ever in pursuit of fame,...always watching the countenance of his prince, in the hope of catching a gracious smile, — can have very little conception. I have not only retired... | |
 | 1856 - 880 Seiten
...of a camp and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame,...perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe were insufficient for us all, and the courtier, who is always watching the countenance of his prince,... | |
 | John Pickell - 1856 - 186 Seiten
...a camp and the busy scenes of a public life, I am solacing myself with these tranquil enjoyments of which the soldier who is ever in pursuit of fame ;...his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if the globe was insufficient for us all ; and the courtier, who is always watching the countenance of... | |
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At length my Dear Marquis I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, and under the shadow of my own Vine and my own Fig-tree, free from the bustle of a camp and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments,... 
