Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams, During the RevolutionHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1875 - 424 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 65
Página vi
... causes of the American Revolution , which they were not . There was a moral principle in the field , to the power of which a great majority of the whole population of the colonies , whether male or female , old or young , had been long ...
... causes of the American Revolution , which they were not . There was a moral principle in the field , to the power of which a great majority of the whole population of the colonies , whether male or female , old or young , had been long ...
Página xvi
... cause of the Writs of Assistants , there is evidence constantly presented of his active interest in the Revolutionary struggle . There is hardly a year in the interval between the earliest of these dates and 1774 , that the traces of ...
... cause of the Writs of Assistants , there is evidence constantly presented of his active interest in the Revolutionary struggle . There is hardly a year in the interval between the earliest of these dates and 1774 , that the traces of ...
Página xix
... cause which interests the whole globe , " he says , " at a time when my friends and country are in such keen distress , I am scarcely ever interrupted in the least degree by apprehen- sions for my personal safety . I am often concerned ...
... cause which interests the whole globe , " he says , " at a time when my friends and country are in such keen distress , I am scarcely ever interrupted in the least degree by apprehen- sions for my personal safety . I am often concerned ...
Página xxii
... causes for anxiety which would naturally have occurred to her mind , there was superadded one growing out of a rumor then in circulation , that some British emissary had made an attempt upon the life of Dr. Franklin whilst acting at ...
... causes for anxiety which would naturally have occurred to her mind , there was superadded one growing out of a rumor then in circulation , that some British emissary had made an attempt upon the life of Dr. Franklin whilst acting at ...
Página xxvi
... cause which interests the whole globe , " he says , " at a time when my friends and country are in such keen distress , I am scarcely ever interrupted in the least degree by apprehen- sions for my personal safety . I am often concerned ...
... cause which interests the whole globe , " he says , " at a time when my friends and country are in such keen distress , I am scarcely ever interrupted in the least degree by apprehen- sions for my personal safety . I am often concerned ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
ABIGAIL ADAMS Adieu agreeable America anxiety army arrived believe Bilbao blessings Boston Braintree Britain brother Captain character Charlestown Colonel colonies Congress Continental army Court danger dear DEAREST FRIEND distress duty enemy England expect favor fear feel fleet France frigate gentlemen give Grape Island happy hear heard heart Heaven honor hope hundred inclose Island JOHN ADAMS John Quincy Adams lady letters liberty live March Massachusetts ment militia mind months morning Mount Wollaston never night obliged officers papers peace person Philadelphia pleasure politics PORTIA Pray province Quincy received sailed Samuel Adams scarcely sent sentiments September spirit Staten Island suppose taken tell tender things thought tion Tories town vessel virtue Washington week Weymouth Whigs whole wish write yesterday York
Pasajes populares
Página 336 - 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 174 - 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 132 - 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.
Página 174 - 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 xv - ... Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? 32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
Página 336 - 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 mild...
Página 114 - Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
Página 132 - That your sex are naturally tyrannical is a truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute ; but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of master for the more tender and endearing one of friend.
Página 49 - Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not : behold, your GOD will come with vengeance, even GOD with a recompense ; He will come and save you.
Página 121 - 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.