Selections from American Authors: A Reading Book for School and Home. Franklin, Adams, Cooper, LongfellowSamuel Eliot Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Company, 1879 - 410 pages |
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... dear , to make yourself as easy and quiet as possible . Resignation to the will of Heaven is our only resource in such dangerous times . Prudence and caution should be our guides . I have the strongest hopes that we shall yet see a ...
... dear , to make yourself as easy and quiet as possible . Resignation to the will of Heaven is our only resource in such dangerous times . Prudence and caution should be our guides . I have the strongest hopes that we shall yet see a ...
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... dear , for you to begin to teach them French . Every decency , grace , and hon- esty should be inculcated upon them . I am , with the tenderest affection and concern , Your wandering JOHN ADAMS . PHILADELPHIA , 8 September , 1774 . 4 ...
... dear , for you to begin to teach them French . Every decency , grace , and hon- esty should be inculcated upon them . I am , with the tenderest affection and concern , Your wandering JOHN ADAMS . PHILADELPHIA , 8 September , 1774 . 4 ...
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... dear family . God bless , preserve , and prosper it . Adieu . / 7 . J. A. 18 September , 1774 . I received your very agreeable letter , which gave me much pleasure . I have wrote several letters , but whether they have reached you I ...
... dear family . God bless , preserve , and prosper it . Adieu . / 7 . J. A. 18 September , 1774 . I received your very agreeable letter , which gave me much pleasure . I have wrote several letters , but whether they have reached you I ...
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... dear , the hurry of business , visits , cere- monies , which we are obliged to go through . We have a delicate course to steer between too much activity and too much insensibility in our crit- ical , interested situation . I flatter ...
... dear , the hurry of business , visits , cere- monies , which we are obliged to go through . We have a delicate course to steer between too much activity and too much insensibility in our crit- ical , interested situation . I flatter ...
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... dear Nabby 1 for her letter . Tell her it has given me great spirit . Kiss all my sweet ones for me . 8 . Adieu . J. A. BOSTON GARRISON , 24 September , 1774 . I have just returned from a visit to my brother , with my father , who ...
... dear Nabby 1 for her letter . Tell her it has given me great spirit . Kiss all my sweet ones for me . 8 . Adieu . J. A. BOSTON GARRISON , 24 September , 1774 . I have just returned from a visit to my brother , with my father , who ...
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