Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams, During the RevolutionHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1875 - 424 páginas |
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... means of their parents too narrow , to admit of very frequent personal intercourse ; the substitute for which was a rapid interchange of written commu- nications . The letter - writing propensity manifested itself early in this youthful ...
... means of their parents too narrow , to admit of very frequent personal intercourse ; the substitute for which was a rapid interchange of written commu- nications . The letter - writing propensity manifested itself early in this youthful ...
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... means all , the results of his labors . He drafted several of the papers of Instructions to the Representatives to the General Court , both in Boston and in his native town , and also some of the most elaborate legal portions of the ...
... means all , the results of his labors . He drafted several of the papers of Instructions to the Representatives to the General Court , both in Boston and in his native town , and also some of the most elaborate legal portions of the ...
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... means in actual possession . It is not giving to his wife too much credit to affirm that by her prudence through the years of the Revolution , and indeed during the whole period when the attention of her hus- band was engrossed by ...
... means in actual possession . It is not giving to his wife too much credit to affirm that by her prudence through the years of the Revolution , and indeed during the whole period when the attention of her hus- band was engrossed by ...
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... means of communication almost always reasona- bly speedy and certain . She appears little to have anticipated that in a few short weeks she was to be deprived of even these compensations , and to send her husband to a foreign country ...
... means of communication almost always reasona- bly speedy and certain . She appears little to have anticipated that in a few short weeks she was to be deprived of even these compensations , and to send her husband to a foreign country ...
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... means the same thing . Only in one or two cases , and for particular reasons , has the loss of the real letter been supplied by the first draft . The principal difference between them ordinarily is that the former is much the most full ...
... means the same thing . Only in one or two cases , and for particular reasons , has the loss of the real letter been supplied by the first draft . The principal difference between them ordinarily is that the former is much the most full ...
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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
Pasajes populares
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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