Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams, During the RevolutionHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1875 - 424 páginas |
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... able to maintain a calmness and presence of mind , and hopes she shall , let the exigency of the time be what it will . " 1 99 But it is superfluous to endeavor to heighten the picture given in the letters with so much distinctness . Mr ...
... able to maintain a calmness and presence of mind , and hopes she shall , let the exigency of the time be what it will . " 1 99 But it is superfluous to endeavor to heighten the picture given in the letters with so much distinctness . Mr ...
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... able to judge this thy so great a people ? ' were the words of a royal Sovereign ; and not less applicable to him who is invested with the Chief Magistracy cf a nation , though he wear not a crown , nor the robes of royalty . 6 " My ...
... able to judge this thy so great a people ? ' were the words of a royal Sovereign ; and not less applicable to him who is invested with the Chief Magistracy cf a nation , though he wear not a crown , nor the robes of royalty . 6 " My ...
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... able in a magistrate than in a subject ? Are they not more constantly and extensively pernicious ? And does not the example of vice and folly in magistrates descend and spread downwards among the people ? Besides , is not the insolence ...
... able in a magistrate than in a subject ? Are they not more constantly and extensively pernicious ? And does not the example of vice and folly in magistrates descend and spread downwards among the people ? Besides , is not the insolence ...
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... able to get away till next week . I am con- cerned only in two or three cases , and none of them are come on yet . Such an Eastern circuit I never made . I shall bring home as much as I brought from home , I hope , and not much more , I ...
... able to get away till next week . I am con- cerned only in two or three cases , and none of them are come on yet . Such an Eastern circuit I never made . I shall bring home as much as I brought from home , I hope , and not much more , I ...
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... able . They universally consider our cause as their own , and express the firmest resolution to abide by the deter- mination of the Congress . I am anxious for our perplexed , distressed province ; hope they will be directed into the ...
... able . They universally consider our cause as their own , and express the firmest resolution to abide by the deter- mination of the Congress . I am anxious for our perplexed , distressed province ; hope they will be directed into the ...
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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 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 lady letters liberty live March Massachusetts men-of-war ment militia mind morning Mount Wollaston never night obliged officers peace person Philadelphia pleasure politics PORTIA Pray province Quincy received Rhode Island sailed Samuel Adams sent sentiments September spirit suppose taken tell tender things thought tion told Tories town vessel virtue Washington week Weymouth Whigs whole wish write yesterday York
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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 384 - With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun, 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 ; then silent night, With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
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...
Página 141 - And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, 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 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.
Página 15 - Bear me, some god ! Oh quickly bear me hence To wholesome solitude, the nurse of sense, Where contemplation prunes her ruffled wings, And the free soul looks down to pity kings...
Página 59 - 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 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 373 - I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.
Página 126 - Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
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