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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... letters in the present volume never went to any school , is a very important one to a proper estimate of her character . For , whatever may be the decision of the long - vexed question between the advantages of public and those of ...
... letters in the present volume never went to any school , is a very important one to a proper estimate of her character . For , whatever may be the decision of the long - vexed question between the advantages of public and those of ...
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... letters during the Revolution show clearly enough the tendency of her own thoughts and feelings , in the substitute she then adopted , of Portia . Her fondness for quotations , the fashion of that day , it will be seen , was maintained ...
... letters during the Revolution show clearly enough the tendency of her own thoughts and feelings , in the substitute she then adopted , of Portia . Her fondness for quotations , the fashion of that day , it will be seen , was maintained ...
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... letter of the 19th of August of this year 1 portrays her own feelings upon this , the first separation of importance ... letters in the present volume which bear date in 1774 were written . They furnish a lively exhibition of the state ...
... letter of the 19th of August of this year 1 portrays her own feelings upon this , the first separation of importance ... letters in the present volume which bear date in 1774 were written . They furnish a lively exhibition of the state ...
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... letters in which she describes them bring the idea home to the mind with still greater force . She tells us that upon the separation from her husband " her heart had felt like a heart of lead , " and that " she never trusts herself long ...
... letters in which she describes them bring the idea home to the mind with still greater force . She tells us that upon the separation from her husband " her heart had felt like a heart of lead , " and that " she never trusts herself long ...
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... letter bearing date March 2d , 1776 , 1 and continued through several days , was written ; a letter composed in the ... letters assume a more private form , and princi- pally relate to the management of the farm and the household . Few ...
... letter bearing date March 2d , 1776 , 1 and continued through several days , was written ; a letter composed in the ... letters assume a more private form , and princi- pally relate to the management of the farm and the household . Few ...
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ABIGAIL ADAMS Adieu agreeable America anxiety army arrived believe Bilbao blessings Boston Braintree Britain brother Captain character Charlestown Colonel colonies Congress Continental army Court dear DEAREST FRIEND Delaware River distress duty enemy England expect father favor fear feel Ferrol fleet frigate gentlemen give Grape Island hand happy hear heard heart Heaven honor hope hundred inclose Island JOHN ADAMS John Quincy Adams lady letters liberty live March Massachusetts ment militia mind morning Mount Wollaston never night obliged officers papers peace person Philadelphia pleasure politics PORTIA Pray province Quincy received sailed Samuel Adams sent sentiments September spirit suppose taken tell tender things thought tion told Tories town vessel virtue Washington week Weymouth whole wish write yesterday York