 The usual time of sitting at table, a walk, and tea, bring me within the dawn of candlelight; previous to which, if not prevented by company, I resolve, that, as soon as the glimmering taper supplies the place of the great luminary, I will retire to my...  The American Nation: Its Executive, Legislative, Political, Financial ... - Page 2421894Full view - About this book
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1836 - 600 pages
...supplies the place of the great luminary, I will retire to my writing-table and acknowledge the letters I have received ; but when the lights are brought, I...with it the same causes for postponement, and so on. This will account for your letter remaining so long unacknowledged ; and, having given you the history... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 596 pages
...supplies the place of the great luminary, I will retire to my writing-table and acknowledge the letters I have received; but when the lights are brought, I...with it the same causes for postponement, and so on. This will account for your letter remaining so long unacknowledged ; and, having given you the history... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 504 pages
...supplies the place of the great luminary, I will retire to my writing table, and acknowledge the letters I have received; but when the light.s are brought, I...feel tired and disinclined to engage in this work, coneeiving that the next night will do as well. The next night comes, and with it the same causes for... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 532 pages
...supplies the place of the great luminary, I will retire to my writing-table and acknowledge the letters I have received ; but when the lights are brought, I...The next night comes, and with it the same causes of postponement, and so on. ... Having given you this history of a day, it will serve for a year."... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 516 pages
...writing-table and acknowledge the letters I have received ; but when the lights are brought, I feel tired, aud disinclined to engage in this work, conceiving that...The next night comes, and with it the same causes of postponement, and so on Having given you this history of a day, it will serve for a year." In this... | |
 | 1855 - 1226 pages
...the great luminary, I Trill retire to my writing-table and acknowledge the letters I have received. Having given you the history of a day, it will serve for a year." This, however, is a wholly unreliable account. The numberless deeds of charity — the constant acts... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 406 pages
...supplies the place of the great luminary, I will retire to my writing-table and acknowledge the letters I have received ; but, when the lights are brought,...with it, the same causes for postponement, and so on. " This will account for your letter remaining so long unacknowledged ; and, having given you the history... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 466 pages
...supplies the place of the great luminary, 1 will retire to my writing-table and acknowledge the letters I have received ; but when the lights are brought, I...The next night comes, and with it the same causes of postponement, and so on — Having given you this history of a day, it will serve for a year." In... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1856 - 520 pages
...the great luminary, I will retire to my writing-table and acknowledge the letters I have received. Having given you the history of a day, it will serve for a year." This, however, is a very incomplete account. The numberless deeds of charity—the constant acts of... | |
 | E. Cecil - 1859 - 292 pages
...prevented by company, I resolve that I will retire to my writing-table, and acknowledge the letters I have received ; but, when the lights are brought,...with it the same causes for postponement; and so on. "This will account for your letter having remained so long unacknowledged ; and, having given you the... | |
| |
