Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams, During the Revolution: With a Memoir of Mrs. AdamsHurd and Houghton, 1875 - 424 páginas |
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... suppose , the present generation of readers have neither personal knowledge nor recollection . For the sake of facilitating their progress , and explaining the allusions to per- sons and objects very frequently occurring , it may not ...
... suppose , the present generation of readers have neither personal knowledge nor recollection . For the sake of facilitating their progress , and explaining the allusions to per- sons and objects very frequently occurring , it may not ...
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... suppose that the knowledge gained by her was rather the result of the society into which she was thrown , than of any elaborate instruction . Se- This fact , that the author of the letters in the present volume never went to any school ...
... suppose that the knowledge gained by her was rather the result of the society into which she was thrown , than of any elaborate instruction . Se- This fact , that the author of the letters in the present volume never went to any school ...
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... suppose , that he might get upon the fishing ground before his brother Sam and me . I find that the divines and lawyers this way are all Tories . Brother Hemmenway is as impartial as any I have seen or heard of . James Sullivan seems ...
... suppose , that he might get upon the fishing ground before his brother Sam and me . I find that the divines and lawyers this way are all Tories . Brother Hemmenway is as impartial as any I have seen or heard of . James Sullivan seems ...
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... suppose you have before this time received two letters from me , and will write me by the same conveyance . I judge you reached Philadelphia last Saturday night . I cannot but felicitate you upon your absence a little while 1 The words ...
... suppose you have before this time received two letters from me , and will write me by the same conveyance . I judge you reached Philadelphia last Saturday night . I cannot but felicitate you upon your absence a little while 1 The words ...
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... suppose you have seen . It meets , and most certainly merits , the greatest enco- miums.1 Upon my return at night , Mr. Thaxter met me at the door with your letter , dated at Princeton , New Jer- sey . It really gave me such a flow of ...
... suppose you have seen . It meets , and most certainly merits , the greatest enco- miums.1 Upon my return at night , Mr. Thaxter met me at the door with your letter , dated at Princeton , New Jer- sey . It really gave me such a flow of ...
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Página 186 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Página 186 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory.
Página 144 - If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.
Página 376 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Página 129 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Página 376 - With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and...
Página 340 - See life dissolving vegetate again: All forms that perish other forms supply; (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die) Like bubbles on the sea of Matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
Página 66 - 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 48 - That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. 14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Página 82 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.