Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams, During the Revolution: With a Memoir of Mrs. AdamsHurd and Houghton, 1876 - 424 páginas |
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... enemy's ships . " I very well remem- ber , " she says , in an earlier letter , " when the eastern circuits of the courts , which lasted a month , were thought an age , and an absence of three months , intolerable ; but we are carried ...
... enemy's ships . " I very well remem- ber , " she says , in an earlier letter , " when the eastern circuits of the courts , which lasted a month , were thought an age , and an absence of three months , intolerable ; but we are carried ...
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... enemy , " she writes upon one occasion to her husband , " to anything but a cheerful contenance and a merry heart , which , Solomon tells us , does good like a medicine . " This spirit contributed greatly to lift up his heart , when ...
... enemy , " she writes upon one occasion to her husband , " to anything but a cheerful contenance and a merry heart , which , Solomon tells us , does good like a medicine . " This spirit contributed greatly to lift up his heart , when ...
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... enemies were cut down like the grass before the scythe . But one officer of all the Welsh fusileers remains to tell his story . Many poor wretches die for want of proper assistance and care of their wounds . Every account agrees in ...
... enemies were cut down like the grass before the scythe . But one officer of all the Welsh fusileers remains to tell his story . Many poor wretches die for want of proper assistance and care of their wounds . Every account agrees in ...
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... enemies , and they catch with the unwary and the gaping crowd , who are ready to listen to the marvelous without considering of conse- quences , even though their best friends are injured . I have not ventured to inquire one word of you ...
... enemies , and they catch with the unwary and the gaping crowd , who are ready to listen to the marvelous without considering of conse- quences , even though their best friends are injured . I have not ventured to inquire one word of you ...
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... enemies is afflicting to humanity , although it is a glorious proof of the bravery of our worthy countrymen . Considering all the disadvantages under which they fought , they really exhibited prodigies of valor . Your description of the ...
... enemies is afflicting to humanity , although it is a glorious proof of the bravery of our worthy countrymen . Considering all the disadvantages under which they fought , they really exhibited prodigies of valor . Your description of the ...
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