 | Paul Leicester Ford - Biography & Autobiography - 1896 - 378 pages
...rather be in his grave than in his present situation. That he had rather be on his farm than to be made emperor of the world and yet that they were charging...wanting to be a king. That that rascal Freneau sent him 3 of his papers every day, as if he thought he would become the distributor of his papers, that he... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1897 - 384 pages
...rather be in his grave than in his present situation ; that he had rather be on his farm than to be made Emperor of the world; and yet that they were charging...distributor of his papers ; that he could see in this, nothing but an impudent design to insult him: he ended in this high tone. There was a pause. Some difficulty... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1896 - 376 pages
...206 be in his grave than in his present situation. That he had rather be on his farm than to be made emperor of the world and yet that they were charging...wanting to be a king. That that rascal Freneau sent him 3 of his papers every day, as if he thought he would become the distributor of his papers, that he... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1898 - 430 pages
...rather be in his grave than in his present situation ; that he had rather be on his farm than to be made Emperor of the world ; and yet that they were charging...distributor of his papers ; that he could see in this nothing but an impudent design to insult him : he ended in this high tone. There was a pause. Some... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1898 - 428 pages
...rather be in his grave than in his present situation ; that he had rather be on his farm than to be made Emperor of the world; and yet that they were charging him with wanting to be a King. That that raieal Freneau sent him three of his papers every day, as if he thought he would become the distributor... | |
 | Worthington Chauncey Ford - Portraits - 1900 - 382 pages
...rather be in his grave than in his present situation. That he had rather be on his farm than to be made emperor of the world, and yet that they were charging...wanting to be a king. That that rascal Freneau sent him 3 of his papers every day, as if he thought he would become the distributor of his papers, that he... | |
 | John Watson Foster - United States - 1900 - 548 pages
...afterwards published. At a Cabinet meeting Washington observed: " That rascal Freneau sent him three copies of his papers every day, as if he thought he would become the distributer of his papers; that he could see in this nothing but an impudent design to insult him;... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1903 - 592 pages
...rather be in his grave than in his present situation; that he had rather be on his farm than to be made Emperor of the world; and yet that they were charging...distributor of his papers ; that he could see in this, nothing but an impudent design to insult him: he ended in this high tone. There was a pause. Some difficulty... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1904 - 538 pages
...rather be in his grave than in his present situation. That he had rather be on his farm than to be made emperor of the world and yet that they were charging him with 1 He said that Mr. Morris, taking a family dinner with him the other day went largely & of his own... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - Washington (D.C.) - 1905 - 238 pages
...rather be in his grave than in his present situation. That he had rather be on his farm than to be made emperor of the world, and yet that they were charging him with wanting to be a king. That that rascal Preneau sent him three of his papers every day, as if he thought he would become the distributor of... | |
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... that he had never repented but once the having slipped the moment of resigning his office, and that was every moment since ; that by God he had rather be in his grave than in his present situation ; that he had rather be on his farm than to be made... 
