 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1853 - 752 pages
...dollars a month should be allowed for the pay and expenses of the general. On this point he said, " I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary...accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domest'c ease and nappiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - Presidents - 1853 - 466 pages
...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 could have tempted me to accept thia arduous employment, at the expense of my domestick ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1854 - 616 pages
...declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. " 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. I will keep an exact account of my expenses; those I doubt not they will discharge,... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - United States - 1854 - 780 pages
...announced to him his appointment, after consenting to enter upon the momentous duty assigned him, added; "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. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. These I doubt not they will discharge,... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1854 - 588 pages
...day, declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. "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. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1855 - 714 pages
...declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. " 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. I will keep an exact account of my expenses ; those I doubt not they will discharge,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1855 - 566 pages
...with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. As to pay, I beg leave to assure the Congress that, as no pecuniary...domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit of it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1855 - 638 pages
...dollars a month should be allowed for the pay and expenses of the general. On this point he said ; " I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary...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... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1855 - 464 pages
...myself equal to the command I am honoured with. I beg leave, Sir, to assure the Congress, that, as nq pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestick ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account... | |
 | John G. Wells - Politicians - 1856 - 156 pages
...declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself eqpal to the command I am honored with. " 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,... | |
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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... 
