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7449. RETIREMENT, Longing for.—[further continued] .

Five weeks more will
relieve me from a drudgery to which I am no
longer equal, and restore me to a scene of tranquillity,
amidst my family and friends, more
congenial to my age and natural inclinations.—
To James Monroe. Washington ed. v, 420. Ford ed., ix, 244.
(W. Jan. 1809)