 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 580 pages
...of the army, if they are not more attentive and diligent. Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility...military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. What will be the end of these manoeuvres" is beyond... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 578 pages
...attentive and diligent. Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock -jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages...military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. What will be the end of these manoeuvres is beyond... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1834 - 450 pages
...and such a want of virtue! such stock-jobhing, and felicity at all the low arts to obtain advantages in this great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never see again." And again " such a mercenary spirit pervades the whole, that... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 pages
...place : " Such a dearth of public [spirit] " and want of virtue ; such stock -jobbing and fer" tility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of " one kind or another in this great change of " military management, I never saw before, and " pray God I may never be witness to again ! " * No wonder if at... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1847 - 588 pages
...attentive and diligent. Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock -jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages...military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. What will be the end of these manffiuvres is beyond... | |
 | Richard Frothingham - Boston (Mass.) - 1851 - 460 pages
...presents a vivid picture of his trials. " Such a dearth of public (spirit) and want of virtue," he wrote, "such stock-jobbing and fertility in all the low arts, to obtain advantages of one kind and another, I never saw before, and pray God I never may be witness to again." ' Daring November a... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Manuscripts - 1852 - 60 pages
...a letter in " Washington's Writings," in which he says9 " Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility...military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again." (Vol. III. p. 178.) You are not ignorant of this... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1852 - 48 pages
...to a letter in "Washington's Writings," in which he says, " Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility...military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again." (Vol. III. p. 178.) You are not ignorant of this... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Manuscripts - 1852 - 68 pages
...to a letter in "Washington's Writings," in which he says, " Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility...military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again." (Vol. III. p. 178.) You are not ignorant of this... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Manuscripts - 1852 - 68 pages
...to a letter in "Washington's Writings," in which he says, " Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility...great change of military arrangement, I never saw beforey--and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again." (Vol. III. p. 178.) You are not... | |
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Such a dearth of public spirit and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another in this great change of military arrangement I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never... 
