Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams, During the Revolution: With a Memoir of Mrs. AdamsHurd and Houghton, 1876 - 424 pages |
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... believe , are all the mighty works of mine which ever have , or will , by my consent , ap- pear before the public . Style I never studied . My language is " Warm from the heart and faithful to its fires , ' the spontaneous effusions of ...
... believe , are all the mighty works of mine which ever have , or will , by my consent , ap- pear before the public . Style I never studied . My language is " Warm from the heart and faithful to its fires , ' the spontaneous effusions of ...
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... believe , and exert an industry , a frugality , a hard labor , that will serve my fam- ily , if I can't serve my country . I will not lie down in despair . If I cannot serve my children by the law , I will serve them by agriculture , by ...
... believe , and exert an industry , a frugality , a hard labor , that will serve my fam- ily , if I can't serve my country . I will not lie down in despair . If I cannot serve my children by the law , I will serve them by agriculture , by ...
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... believe it is very far from the general sense of the whole nation , that America should be taxed by the British parliament . If the sense of the whole of the empire could be fairly and truly collected , it would appear , I believe ...
... believe it is very far from the general sense of the whole nation , that America should be taxed by the British parliament . If the sense of the whole of the empire could be fairly and truly collected , it would appear , I believe ...
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... believe it is time to think a little about my family and farm . The fine weather we have had for eight or ten days past I hope has been carefully improved to get in my hay . It is a great mortification to me that I could not 1 Foster ...
... believe it is time to think a little about my family and farm . The fine weather we have had for eight or ten days past I hope has been carefully improved to get in my hay . It is a great mortification to me that I could not 1 Foster ...
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... believe I forgot to tell you one anecdote . When I first came to this house it was late in the afternoon , and I had ridden thirty - five miles at least . Madam , ” said I to Mrs. Huston , " is it lawful for a weary traveller to re ...
... believe I forgot to tell you one anecdote . When I first came to this house it was late in the afternoon , and I had ridden thirty - five miles at least . Madam , ” said I to Mrs. Huston , " is it lawful for a weary traveller to re ...
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Page 162 - 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.
Page 360 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird ; nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 162 - 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 us to maintain this Declaration and support and defend these States. Yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory.
Page 118 - 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. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.
Page 76 - This day be bread and peace my lot ; All else beneath the sun Thou know'st if best bestowed or not, And let thy will be done.
Page 142 - That it be recommended to the respective Assemblies and Conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such Government as shall, in the opinion of the Representatives of the People, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular and America in general.
Page 159 - Yesterday, the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater, perhaps, never was nor will be decided among men. A Resolution was passed without one dissenting Colony "that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, and as such they have, and of right ought to have, full power to make war, conclude peace, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which other States may rightfully do.
Page 100 - I could not join to-day in the petitions of our worthy pastor for a reconciliation between our no longer parent state, but tyrant state, and these colonies. Let us separate ; they are unworthy to be our brethren. Let us renounce them ; and, instead of supplications, as formerly, for their prosperity and happiness, let us beseech the Almighty to blast their counsels, and bring to nought all their devices.
Page 32 - Duch6, unexpectedly to everybody, struck out into an extemporary prayer, which filled the bosom of every man present. I must confess I never heard a better prayer, or one so well pronounced. Episcopalian as he is, Dr. Cooper himself never prayed with such fervor, such ardor, such earnestness and pathos, and in language so elegant and sublime — for America, for the Congress, for the province of Massachusetts Bay, and especially the town of Boston.
Page 64 - 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.