 | François marquis de Barbé-Marbois - Louisiana - 1830 - 468 pages
...signed the treaties, they rose and shook hands, when Livingston, expressing the general satisfaction, said: "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or dictated by force; equally advantageous... | |
 | John Wakefield Francis - 1831 - 56 pages
...Marbois, when MR. LIVINGSTON, expressing the general satisfaction, said, with prophetic sagacity, " We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art, or dictated by force ; equally advantageous... | |
 | Baptists - 1850 - 664 pages
...republican freedom. " We have lived long," exclaimed Mr. Livingston, one of the American negotiators — " we have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art, or dictated by force. Equally advantageous... | |
 | 1839 - 580 pages
...Marbois, when Mr. Livingston, expressing the general satisfaction, said, with prophetic sagacity, " We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. 'The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art, or dictated by force ; equally... | |
 | James Herring - United States - 1839 - 526 pages
...Marbois), when Mr. LIVINGSTON, expressing the general satisfaction, said, with prophetic sagacity, " We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art, or dictated by force ; equally advantageous... | |
 | 1850 - 772 pages
...Marbois, when Mr. Livingston, expressing the general satisfaction, saiii, with prophetic sagacity, "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we hnve just signed has not been obtained by art, or dictated by force ; equally advantageous... | |
 | Charles Whittlesey - Geology - 1852 - 416 pages
...satisfaction of all, rose and grasped each other's hands with the utmost enthusiasm. Mr. Livingston exclaimed, "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art, nor dictated by force. Equally... | |
 | Charles Whittlesey - Geology - 1852 - 410 pages
...satisfaction of all, rose and grasped each other's hands with the utmost enthusiasm. Mr. Livingston exclaimed, "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art, nor dictated by force. Equally... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1854 - 674 pages
...shook hands, when * See th.i Appendix. Mr. Livingston, expressing the satisfaction which they felt, said : " We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or dictated by force; equally advantageous... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1854 - 676 pages
...shook hands, when * See th-> Appendix. Mr. Livingston, expressing the satisfaction which they felt, said : " We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or dictated by force; equally advantageous... | |
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We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or dictated by force; equally advantageous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes into flourishing... 
