 I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an...  The Englishman's library [ed. by E. H. L.]. - Page 194by Englishman - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Henry Reed - 1858 - 424 pages
...separation ; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I nave always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the...friendship of the United States as an independent power.' "... Mr. Adams adds, " He (the king) was much affected, and I was not less so;" and certainly the occasion,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1860 - 524 pages
...separation ; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the...Power. The moment I see such sentiments and language aя yours prevail, and a disposition to give this country the preference, that moment I shall say,... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 414 pages
...separation ; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I nave always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as LITERATURE OF LETTER-WRITING. an independent power/ " . . . Mr. Adams adds, " He (the king) was much... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1860 - 420 pages
...separation, but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I haxre always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the fiiendship of the United States, as an independent power. " The moment I see such sentiments and language... | |
 | John Frederick Smith - 1861 - 650 pages
...hat, the reparation having been nude and hiving bjeoma inevitable, I hi*e always said, as I now say, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the L'nited States AS an independent power." A Liim. in his letter to secretary .Jay, said, " The kiagwag... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 662 pages
...but, the separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I now say, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power." Adams, in his letter to secretary Jay, said, " The king was indeed much affected, and I confess I was... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1865 - 946 pages
...him that as he "was the last to conform to the separation, " the separation having been made, he ' ' would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power. " On the 4th of December, 1782, Washington bade farewell to the principal officers of his army, and... | |
 | James Philemon Holcombe - 1866 - 548 pages
...separation ; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the...of the United States as an independent power. The mo^o*d Adama to John i/iy— Beoepllon of first American Minister by Oeorgo the Third. ment I see snch... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 510 pages
...separation ; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the...power. The moment I see such sentiments and language as yours prevail, and a disposition to give this country the preference, that moment I shall say, Let... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1867 - 578 pages
...SEPARATION ; BUT THE SEPARATION HAVING BEEN MADE, AND HAVING BECOME INEVITABLE, I HAVE ALWAYS SAID, AS I SAY NOW, THAT I WOULD BE THE FIRST TO MEET THE...OF THE UNITED STATES AS AN INDEPENDENT POWER."* The King then changed the conversation to lighter topics. " Smiling, or rather laughing," he good-lmmouredly... | |
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