 I have drawn my sword in the present generous struggle for the rights of men, yet I am not in arms as an American, nor am I in pursuit of riches. My fortune is liberal enough, having no wife nor family, and having lived long enough to know that riches...  The Living Age - Page 3761870Full view - About this book
 | John Paul Jones - 1830 - 578 pages
...answer en h»mme d'homteur. * * * * TO come to the point, here follows my political profession. I am a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the...diminish or set bounds to the benevolence of the heart. * * * * As an American officer, and as a man, I affectionately love and respect the character and nation... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1830 - 572 pages
...family, and having lived long enough to know that riches cannot ensure happiness. I profess myself a citizen of the" world, totally unfettered by the little, mean distinctions of climate or of country, which diminish the benevolence of the heart and set bounds to philanthropy.... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1830 - 358 pages
...family, and having lived long enough to know that riches cannot ensure happiness. I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little, mean distinctions of climate or of country, which diminish the benevolence of the heart, and set bounds to philanthropy.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 552 pages
...family, and having lived long enough to know that riches cannot ensure happiness. I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little mean distinctions of climate or of country, which diminish the benevolence of the heart, and set bounds to philanthropy.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 496 pages
...family, and having lived long enough to know that riches cannot ensure happiness. I profess myself u citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little mean distinctions of climate or of country, which diminish the benevolence of the heart, and set bounds to philanthropy.... | |
 | Alexander Slidell Mackenzie - 1841 - 284 pages
...family, and having lived long enough to know that riches cannot secure happiness. I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little mean distinctions of climate or of country, which diminish the benevolence of the heart and set bounds to philanthropy.... | |
 | 1870 - 878 pages
...us hie political creed with evident sincerity. "I am," he says, with the romantic enthusiasm of bis nature, " a citizen of the world, totally unfettered...sword at the beginning of the American Revolution, and whet France so nobly espoused that great cause, no individual felt the obligation with truer gratitude... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1845 - 416 pages
...family, and having lived long enough to know that riches cannot ensure happiness. I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little, mean distinctions of climate or of country, which diminish the benevolence of the heart, and set bounds to philanthropy.... | |
 | Alexander Slidell Mackenzie - 1845 - 310 pages
...family, and having lived long enough to know that riches cannot secure happiness. I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little mean distinctions of climate or of country, which diminish the benevolence of the heart and set bounds to philanthropy.... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1851 - 434 pages
...family, and having lived long enough to know that riches cannot insure happiness. I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little, mean distinctions of climate or of country, which diminish the benevolence of the heart and set bounds to philanthropy.... | |
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