 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - Počet stránok 566
...profitable by salaries, fees, or perquisites. And indeed in all oases of public service, the less the profit the greater the honor. To bring the matter...smallest salary, by a patriot whom I will not now offcyid by any other praise; and this through fatigues and distresses in common with the other brave... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - Počet stránok 360
...perquisites : and indeed, in all cases of public services, the less the profit the greater the honour. To bring the matter nearer home ; have we not seen...through fatigues and distresses in common with the other men, his military friends and com. panions, and the constant anxieties peculiar to his situation ?... | |
 | 1821 - Počet stránok 356
...perquisites : and indeed, in all cases of public services, the less the profit the greater the honour. To bring the matter nearer home ; have we not seen...through fatigues and distresses in common with the other men, his military friends and companions, and the constant anxieties peculiar to his situation ? and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - Počet stránok 682
...perquisites. And indeed in all cases of public service, the less the profit the greater [he honour. To bring the matter nearer home, have we not seen...offices, that of general of our armies, executed for eizht years together, with iut the smallest salary, by a patriot whom 1 will not now offend by any... | |
 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - 1840 - Počet stránok 708
...profitable by salaries, fees or perquisites. And, indeed, in all cases of public service, the less the profit the greater the honor. " To bring the matter nearer home, have we not seen the great and most important of our offices, that of General of our armies, executed for eight years together... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1863 - Počet stránok 676
...profitable by salaries, fees, or perquisites. And, indeed, in all cases of public service, the less the profit the greater the honor. " To bring the matter...smallest salary, by a patriot whom I will not now oflend by any other praise ; and this through fatigues and distresses, in common with the other brave... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - Počet stránok 728
...profitable by salaries, fees, or perquisites. And indeed, in all cases of public service, the less the profit the greater the honor. " To bring the matter nearer home, have we not see»> the greatest and most important of our offices, that of general of our armies, executed for... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - Počet stránok 556
...profitable by salaries, fees, or perquisites. And indeed, in all cases of public service, the less the profit the greater the honor. To bring the matter...salary, by a patriot whom I will not now offend by B» any other praise ; and this, through fatigues and distresses, in common with the other brave men,... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - Počet stránok 678
...profitable by salaries, fees, or perquisites. And, indeed, in all cases of public service, the less the profit the greater the honor. " To bring the matter...years together, without the smallest salary, by a patiiot whom I will not now offend by any other praise ; and this through fatigues and distresses,... | |
 | Erastus Howard Scott - 1893 - Počet stránok 412
...profitable by salaries, fees or perquisites. And, indeed, in all cases of public service, the less the profit the greater the honor. " To bring the matter nearer home, have we not seen the great and most important of our offices, that of General of our armies, executed for eight years together... | |
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To bring the matter nearer home, have we not seen the greatest and most important of our offices, that of general of our armies, executed for eight years together, without the smallest salary, by a patriot whom I will not now offend by any other praise... 
