Abigail Adams and Her TimesD. Appleton, 1917 - 282 páginas |
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... present days offer , and which even our common country schools now afford . I never was sent to any school . I was always sick . Female education , in the best families , went no further than writing and arithmetic ; in some few and ...
... present days offer , and which even our common country schools now afford . I never was sent to any school . I was always sick . Female education , in the best families , went no further than writing and arithmetic ; in some few and ...
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... present generation would equal . " However this may be , ( and I believe every word of it myself ! ) we must all be thankful that Abby Smith formed the letter - writing habit early in life ; if she had not , we might have lacked one of ...
... present generation would equal . " However this may be , ( and I believe every word of it myself ! ) we must all be thankful that Abby Smith formed the letter - writing habit early in life ; if she had not , we might have lacked one of ...
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... present day ; a war specially momentous for all Americans , since it was to pay the debts then con- tracted that Great Britain levied on the American Colonies ( which had voluntarily spent vast sums " History of Massachusetts . " Minot ...
... present day ; a war specially momentous for all Americans , since it was to pay the debts then con- tracted that Great Britain levied on the American Colonies ( which had voluntarily spent vast sums " History of Massachusetts . " Minot ...
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... present opportunity of improvement . And should I prove a tractable scholar , you will not find me tardy . " You , madam , are so sincere a lover of your country , and so hearty a mourner in all her misfor- tunes , that it will greatly ...
... present opportunity of improvement . And should I prove a tractable scholar , you will not find me tardy . " You , madam , are so sincere a lover of your country , and so hearty a mourner in all her misfor- tunes , that it will greatly ...
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... present spirit that prevails , that if once they are made desperate , many , very many of our heroes will spend their lives in the cause , with the speech of Cato in their mouths . " Such is the present situation of affairs , that I ...
... present spirit that prevails , that if once they are made desperate , many , very many of our heroes will spend their lives in the cause , with the speech of Cato in their mouths . " Such is the present situation of affairs , that I ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 213 - To assist us in this great castle, and render less attendance necessary, bells are wholly wanting, not one single one being hung through the whole house, and promises are all you can obtain.
Página 209 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Página 134 - I long to hear that you have declared an independency — and by the way, in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
Página 135 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival.
Página 135 - Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America, and a greater, perhaps, never was nor will be decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states.
Página 101 - Dignity, ease, and complacency, the gentleman and the soldier, look agreeably blended in him. Modesty marks every line and feature of his face. Those lines of Dryden instantly occurred to me: "' Mark his majestic fabric! He's a temple Sacred by birth, and built by hands divine; His soul's the deity that lodges there; Nor is the pile unworthy of the god...
Página 97 - And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them : remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Página 135 - I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could.
Referencias a este libro
Women in U.S. History: An Annotated Bibliography Common Women Collective Sin vista previa disponible - 1976 |