 | Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 pages
...broke the bounds of his habitual self-control. He said that "he had never but once repented having lost the moment of resigning his office, and that was every moment since ; that he had rather be in his grave than at the head of that Cabinet ; that he had rather be at his farm... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - United States - 1879 - 720 pages
...single act of his, since he had been in the government, which had not been done on the purest motives. He had never repented but once the having slipped the moment of resigning his olh'ce, and that waa every moment since ; and, by God, he had rather be in his grave than in his present... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1882 - 258 pages
...bestowed on I'lm ; defied any man on earth to produce one single act of his since he had been in tlic government which was not done on the purest motives; that he had never repcutecl but once the having slipped the moment of resigning his office, ana that was every moment... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 536 pages
...single act of his since he had been in the government that had not been done on the purest motives. " He had never repented but once the having slipped...resigning his office, and that was every moment since. In the agony of his heart he declared that he had rather be in his grave than in his present situation... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - Economics - 1883 - 1076 pages
...lie got, says Jefferson, "into one of those passions when he can not command himself," and declared "that he had never repented but once the having slipped...moment of resigning his office, and that was every mo ment since; that by God he had rather be in his grave than in his present situation: that he had... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 436 pages
...Washington, in a cabinet meeting, cried out in the agony of his heart, that he had never repented but once "having slipped the moment of resigning his office," and that was every moment since. He declared that he would rather be in his grave than in his present situation , he had rather be on... | |
 | United States - 1889 - 240 pages
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The President was much inflamed; got into one of those passions when he cannot command himself; ran on much on the personal abuse which had been bestowed on him ; defied any man on earth to produce one single act of his since he had been in the government... 
