Letters of Mrs. Adams: The Wife of John AdamsC. C. Little and J. Brown, 1840 - 447 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα xxii
... seen , for the most part , when conscious that they are acting upon a theatre , where individual sentiment must be sometimes disguised , and often sacri- ficed , for the public good . Statesinen and generals rarely say all they think or ...
... seen , for the most part , when conscious that they are acting upon a theatre , where individual sentiment must be sometimes disguised , and often sacri- ficed , for the public good . Statesinen and generals rarely say all they think or ...
Σελίδα xxxii
... seen , was maintained through life . Perhaps there is no species of exercise , in early life , more productive of results useful to the mind , than that of writing letters . Over and above the mechanical facili- ty of constructing ...
... seen , was maintained through life . Perhaps there is no species of exercise , in early life , more productive of results useful to the mind , than that of writing letters . Over and above the mechanical facili- ty of constructing ...
Σελίδα xlviii
... seen most in their glory . Three or four years passed whilst Mrs. Adams was living in the utmost seclusion of country life , during which , on account of the increasing vigilance of British cruisers , she very seldom heard from her ...
... seen most in their glory . Three or four years passed whilst Mrs. Adams was living in the utmost seclusion of country life , during which , on account of the increasing vigilance of British cruisers , she very seldom heard from her ...
Σελίδα lviii
... seen him exalted still higher , to that sta- tion which her husband and his father had held before him ; but it is very doubtful whether her satisfaction would have been at all enhanced . The commencement of Mr. Monroe's administration ...
... seen him exalted still higher , to that sta- tion which her husband and his father had held before him ; but it is very doubtful whether her satisfaction would have been at all enhanced . The commencement of Mr. Monroe's administration ...
Σελίδα lx
... seen that she did not copy , the task being , as she testifies in the postscript , extremely irksome to her . The value attached to her letters by some of her corre- spondents , even during her lifetime , was so considerable , contra ...
... seen that she did not copy , the task being , as she testifies in the postscript , extremely irksome to her . The value attached to her letters by some of her corre- spondents , even during her lifetime , was so considerable , contra ...
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ABIGAIL ADAMS abroad absence Adieu affectionate agreeable American appearance arrived attend Auteuil beautiful believe blessings Boston Braintree called Captain character Charlestown Colonel Congress Countess of Effingham Court CRANCH daugh daughter DEAR SISTER DEAREST FRIEND dine distress domestic dress Duke of Marlborough England father favor fear feel France gentleman give Grosvenor Square guineas Hague hand happiness hear heart Heaven honor hope husband idea JOHN ADAMS JOHN QUINCY ADAMS kind lady land letter live London look manners ment mind minister months mother nature never night o'clock obliged peace person pleasure Plymouth polite PORTIA portunity present Quincy reason received render sailed Samuel Adams scarcely scene seen sent sentiments Smith spirit suppose taken tell thing thought tion told town vessel virtue week Weymouth whilst whole wish write
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Σελίδα 197 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Σελίδα 390 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Σελίδα 57 - 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.
Σελίδα 193 - For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Σελίδα 426 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Σελίδα 8 - But what is bred in the bone will never be out of the flesh, (as Lord M.
Σελίδα 210 - Great and marvellous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty ! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Σελίδα 61 - 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.
Σελίδα 91 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Σελίδα 24 - I wish most sincerely there was not a slave in the province ; it always appeared a most iniquitous scheme to me to fight ourselves for what we are daily robbing and plundering from those who have as good a right to freedom as we have.