 | John P. Kaminski - 2004 - 68 頁
...which was necessary for him to recover himself, he proceeded to say in the most penetrating manner, "Having now finished the work assigned me I retire from the great theater of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body under whose orders I have... | |
 | A. A. Sorensen - 2005 - 404 頁
...disaster — words that were written for the occasion by Thomas Jefferson. He concluded by saying, "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...farewell to this august body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission and take my leave of all the employments of public life."... | |
 | Washington Irving - 2005 - 417 頁
...close this last solemn act of my official life, by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God ; and those who...superintendence of them, to his holy keeping. " Having HOW finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and bidding an affectionate... | |
 | Frank E. Grizzard - 2005 - 140 頁
...would have been enough to reveal his religious nature. "I commend the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to I lis holy keeping." To many it will be a matter of surprise that in none of these prayers does the... | |
 | Bruce Chadwick - 2005 - 595 頁
...when he asked God to watch over the United States, and then he ended, telling the hushed chamber that "having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theater of action; and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body under whose orders I have... | |
 | Bob Klingenberg - 2006 - 394 頁
...close this last solemn act of my official life, by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping. '"(2) Notice how, the then General Washington, commended the leaders of the nation to "God's Holy Keeping."... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2007 - 398 頁
..."HAVING NOW FINISHED the work assigned me," he tearfullv declared, "I retire from the great theater of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life."... | |
 | Carson Holloway - 2008 - 244 頁
...(including constitutional reform), he resigned his commission before Congress in December of 1783: "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life"... | |
 | Mark McNeilly - 2008 - 224 頁
...resignation as the commander-in-chief of the army on December 23, 1783, in another emotional ceremony: "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire...farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life."... | |
 | Tom Lansford, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - 2007 - 116 頁
...to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. . . . Having Jinished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre...bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body undei' whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission and take leave of all the employments... | |
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Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments... 
