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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Page xiii
... 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 ...
Page xvi
... 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 ...
Page xx
... 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 ...
Page xxi
... 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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ABIGAIL ADAMS able Adieu agreeable America anxiety army arrived believe Bilbao blessings Boston Braintree brother Captain character Charlestown Colonel colonies Comte d'Estaing Congress Continental army danger dear DEAREST FRIEND distress duty enemy England expect father favor fear feel Ferrol fleet France frigate gentlemen give Grape Island hand happy hear heard heart Heaven honor hope hundred inclosed Island JOHN ADAMS John Quincy Adams lady letters liberty live March Massachusetts men-of-war ment mind morning Mount Wollaston never night obliged officers opportunity peace person Philadelphia pleasure politics PORTIA Pray present province Quincy received sailed Samuel Adams scarcely sent sentiments spirit suppose taken tell tender things thought tion Tories town vessel virtue Warren Washington week Weymouth whole wish write yesterday York
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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.