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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... wish nearest to her heart . His nomination as Secretary of State was the crowning mercy of her life . Had she survived the attack of the fever which proved fatal , it is true that she might have seen him exalted still higher , to that ...
... wish nearest to her heart . His nomination as Secretary of State was the crowning mercy of her life . Had she survived the attack of the fever which proved fatal , it is true that she might have seen him exalted still higher , to that ...
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... wish always to discuss the question without all painting , pathos , rhetoric , or flourish of every kind . And the question seems to me to be , whether the American colonies are to be considered as a distinct community so far as to have ...
... wish always to discuss the question without all painting , pathos , rhetoric , or flourish of every kind . And the question seems to me to be , whether the American colonies are to be considered as a distinct community so far as to have ...
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... wish you every public as well as pri- vate blessing , and that wisdom which is profitable both for instruction and edification , to conduct you in this diffi- cult day . The little flock remember papa , and kindly wish to see him ; so ...
... wish you every public as well as pri- vate blessing , and that wisdom which is profitable both for instruction and edification , to conduct you in this diffi- cult day . The little flock remember papa , and kindly wish to see him ; so ...
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... wish . I am , with the tenderest affection and concern , Your wandering 15. ABIGAIL ADAMS . JOHN ADAMS . Braintree , 2 September , 1774 . You I AM very impatient to receive a letter from you . indulged me so much in that way in your ...
... wish . I am , with the tenderest affection and concern , Your wandering 15. ABIGAIL ADAMS . JOHN ADAMS . Braintree , 2 September , 1774 . You I AM very impatient to receive a letter from you . indulged me so much in that way in your ...
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... wish to live ? Adieu . 17. JOHN ADAMS . Philadelphia , 14 September , 1774 . I HAVE Written but once to you since I left you . is to be imputed to a variety of causes , which I cannot ex- This plain for want of time . It would fill ...
... wish to live ? Adieu . 17. JOHN ADAMS . Philadelphia , 14 September , 1774 . I HAVE Written but once to you since I left you . is to be imputed to a variety of causes , which I cannot ex- This plain for want of time . It would fill ...
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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.