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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Page 59
... silent , and not open my mouth , because Thou , O Lord , hast done it . How can I tell you ( Oh my bursting heart ! ) that my dear mother has left me ? This day , about five o'clock , she left this world for an infinitely better . After ...
... silent , and not open my mouth , because Thou , O Lord , hast done it . How can I tell you ( Oh my bursting heart ! ) that my dear mother has left me ? This day , about five o'clock , she left this world for an infinitely better . After ...
Page 84
... Thus do I sup- press every wish , and silence every murmur , acquiesc- ing in a painful separation from the companion of my youth and the friend of my heart . - I believe ' t is near ten days since I 84 JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS .
... Thus do I sup- press every wish , and silence every murmur , acquiesc- ing in a painful separation from the companion of my youth and the friend of my heart . - I believe ' t is near ten days since I 84 JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS .
Page 7
... silence to the compliment , and he soon resumed the meditations from which he had been interrupted , and for which the long ride he had that day made in the wind , might seem a very natural apology . The young ladies had again taken ...
... silence to the compliment , and he soon resumed the meditations from which he had been interrupted , and for which the long ride he had that day made in the wind , might seem a very natural apology . The young ladies had again taken ...
Page 8
... silence prevailed , during which Mr. Harper was apparently enjoying the change in his situation , when Mr. Wharton again broke it , by inquiring whether smoke was disagreeable to his companion ; to which , receiving an answer in the ...
... silence prevailed , during which Mr. Harper was apparently enjoying the change in his situation , when Mr. Wharton again broke it , by inquiring whether smoke was disagreeable to his companion ; to which , receiving an answer in the ...
Page 10
... silent sense of enjoyment , which is ex- cited by such sounds in a room of quiet comfort and warmth , when a loud summons at the outer door again called the faithful black to the portal . In a minute the servant returned , and informed ...
... silent sense of enjoyment , which is ex- cited by such sounds in a room of quiet comfort and warmth , when a loud summons at the outer door again called the faithful black to the portal . In a minute the servant returned , and informed ...
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ABIGAIL ADAMS alarm American Anabaptists arms BELL OF ATRI Birch blessing Boston BRAINTREE brother Cæsar Captain Wharton Castine Charlestown Congress continued cried dark dear distress door dragoons Dunwoodie duty Elizabeth Haddon endeavored enemy eyes father fear feel fire Frances friends gave gazing give governor Grape Island hand Hannah the housemaid Harper Harvey head hear heard heart Heaven Henry hill hope horse hour Keimer Killingworth King knew lady Lawton leave letter light listened lived look manner Mason ment Miss Peyton morning never night officer paper passed paused pedler Philadelphia pleasure PORTIA pounds currency printed printing-house received remember Riddlesden seemed silent soon steed stood stranger street thee thou thought tion told took town trooper troops turned voice waited walked Weymouth wish words write young