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" Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable. "
The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of ... - Page 316
by William Gordon - 1788
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The Republican Court, Or, American Society in the Days of Washington

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - United States - 1867 - 616 pages
...His emotions were too strong to be concealed. Filling a glass, he turned to them and said : " With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly vrish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been...
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The History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the ...

Jacob Harris Patton - United States - 1867 - 834 pages
...entered ; his emotions were too strong to be concealed. After a moment's pause he said : CHAP. " With, a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave ' of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may 1783. "be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones...
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Method in History for Teachers and Students

William Harrison Mace - Historiography - 1914 - 326 pages
...followed through the long, bitter struggle was deeply touching. Addressing them, Washington said: "With heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been...
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Old Taverns of New York

William Harrison Bayles - Bars (Drinking establishments) - 1915 - 526 pages
...moments of silence, the General filled his glass with wine, and turning to his officers said : "With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been...
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Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States, Volume 4

Edwin Wiley - United States - 1915 - 800 pages
...His emotions were too strong to be concealed. Filling a glass, he turned to them, and said, ' With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish, that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been...
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Beginnings of the American People, Volume 1

Carl Lotus Becker - America - 1915 - 338 pages
...strangely moved as he looked upon his beloved companions. Lifting a glass of wine he said simply: " With a heart full of love and gratitude I now take leave of you, most devoutly wishing that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have...
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The Riverside History of the United States, Volume 1

United States - 1915 - 340 pages
...strangely moved as he looked upon his beloved companions. Lifting a glass of wine he said simply: " W'ith a heart full of love and gratitude I now take leave of you, most devoutly wishing that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have...
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Historic Shrines of America: Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty ...

John Thomson Faris - Historic buildings - 1918 - 480 pages
...His excellency, having filled a glass of wine, thus addressed his brave fellow-soldiers : " ' With an heart full of love and gratitude I now take leave of you : I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been...
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The Story of Young George Washington

Wayne Whipple - Presidents - 1918 - 280 pages
...kissed him good-bye, is one of the familiar scenes of history. He sobbed as he said to them : "With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious...
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A History of the United States

John P. O'Hara - United States - 1919 - 500 pages
...down his command. He bade an affectionate farewell to his generals who had fought with him. " With heart full of love and gratitude I now take leave of yo*u," he said to them. " I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your...
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