 | 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... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1854 - 588 pages
...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, that, as no pecuniary...expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire." Resolved, That a committee be appointed to draught a commission and instructions... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1854 - 616 pages
...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, that, as no pecuniary...my expenses; those I doubt not they will discharge, and that is all I desire." In a letter to his wife, announcing his appointment, dated Philadelphia,... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - United States - 1854 - 780 pages
...appointment, after consenting to enter upon the momentous duty assigned him, added; "As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that as no pecuniary...from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. These I doubt not they will discharge, and that is all I desire." A special commission was drawn up... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1855 - 714 pages
...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, that, as no pecuniary...expenses ; those I doubt not they will discharge, and that is all I desire." In a letter to his wife, announcing his appointment, dated Philadelphia,... | |
 | 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...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, and that... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc - 1928 - 456 pages
...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, that as no pecuniary...expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire. II. ACCEPTANCE OF A GAVEL FRANK W. BALLOU Speaker: Superintendent of Schools,... | |
 | John Drinkwater - Great Britain - 1928 - 448 pages
...the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honoured with. As to pay, Sir, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me...from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. These I doubt not they will discharge, and that is all I desire." He had served for fifteen years in... | |
 | Owen Wister - Biografias - 1928 - 298 pages
...trust. ... As to pay, Sir ... as no pecuniary consideration could have prompted me to accept this ... I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses . . . and that is all I desire." (It was all he desired when he became President, also.) 18 June, 1775.... | |
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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... 
