Reminiscences and Memorials of Men of the Revolution and Their FamiliesEstes and Lauriat, 1882 - 424 Seiten |
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... Moral resolution of Mr. Adams . 52 His youth full of promise 52 Letter to his father in the tenth year of his age 53 Private secretary of Francis Dana , at the age of fifteen 31 1 2 3 38855 8 8 58 53 54 54 54 55 56 56 57 57 58 ...
... Moral resolution of Mr. Adams . 52 His youth full of promise 52 Letter to his father in the tenth year of his age 53 Private secretary of Francis Dana , at the age of fifteen 31 1 2 3 38855 8 8 58 53 54 54 54 55 56 56 57 57 58 ...
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... moral traits 124 . 116 Wish once expressed in the old 117 cemetery 125 118 Monumental stones 126 His prophecy and death 127 119 Visit to the Parker homestead Famous South Boston Sermon 120 Everett's Eulogy on Jonas Parker Thaddeus ...
... moral traits 124 . 116 Wish once expressed in the old 117 cemetery 125 118 Monumental stones 126 His prophecy and death 127 119 Visit to the Parker homestead Famous South Boston Sermon 120 Everett's Eulogy on Jonas Parker Thaddeus ...
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... moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors which elevates the character and improves the heart . I hardly know what should bear with stronger obligation on a liberal and en- lightened mind , than a consciousness of an alliance ...
... moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors which elevates the character and improves the heart . I hardly know what should bear with stronger obligation on a liberal and en- lightened mind , than a consciousness of an alliance ...
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... moral purity of the nation . " Let us , " he says , " culti- vate and adhere to the principles taught here , and not trust to the promises of the conductors on the modern intellectual railroad , to grade and level the hills of science ...
... moral purity of the nation . " Let us , " he says , " culti- vate and adhere to the principles taught here , and not trust to the promises of the conductors on the modern intellectual railroad , to grade and level the hills of science ...
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... moral cour- age ; both were endowed with a strong physical constitution , had a firm and dignified walk , and took remarkable care of their health . They rose early , and had habits of indefatigable industry . John Quincy Adams rose in ...
... moral cour- age ; both were endowed with a strong physical constitution , had a firm and dignified walk , and took remarkable care of their health . They rose early , and had habits of indefatigable industry . John Quincy Adams rose in ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afterward American April 19 army Baron von Steuben battle of Bunker battle of Lexington battle of Monmouth born Boston Boutelle brave British Bunker Hill Burgoyne Cambridge Captain Channing character church Cincinnati civil Colonel command Commodore Concord Congress daughter death died early Edmund Ellery England eyes face father February fire gave graduated at Harvard Hancock Harvard College heart Henry Henry Dearborn Hingham honor Indians ington January John Adams John Quincy Adams Josiah Quincy July June Kirkland Knox Lafayette liberty Lincoln lived look March married Massachusetts meeting-house ment military minister moral Munroe never noble occasion October officers oration Otis patriotism Perry preach present President received recollect Regiment Revolution Revolutionary Samuel Adams Samuel Kirkland says September sermon Society soldiers spirit stood Theodore Parker tion took town troops United Washington William
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 62 - The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! 35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.
Seite 206 - I have taken frequent opportunities, both in public and private, of acknowledging your great zeal, attention, and abilities in performing the duties of your office, yet I wish to make use of this last moment of my public life to signify, in the strongest terms, my entire approbation of your conduct, and to express my sense of the obligations the public is under to you for your faithful and meritorious services.
Seite 8 - There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard for ancestry, which nourishes only a weak pride; as there is also a care for posterity, which only disguises an habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and groveling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates the character and improves the heart.
Seite 379 - I heard the word of command given to the troops to fire, and some of said troops did fire, and I saw one of said small party lie dead on the ground nigh said meeting-house...
Seite 197 - ... The personal appearance of our Commander in Chief, is that of the perfect gentleman and accomplished warrior. He is remarkably tall, full six feet, erect and well proportioned. The strength and proportion of his joints and muscles, appear to be commensurate with the preeminent powers of his mind. The serenity of his countenance, and majestic gracefulness of his deportment, impart a strong impression of that dignity and grandeur, which are his peculiar characteristics...
Seite 128 - He was as good as his word, — better. Having loaded his musket, he placed his hat, containing his ammunition, on the ground between his feet, in readiness for. a second charge. At the second fire he was wounded, and sunk upon his knees ; and in this condition discharged his gun.
Seite 313 - Welcome, thrice welcome to our shores ; and whithersoever throughout the limits of the continent your course shall take you, the ear that hears you shall bless you, the eye that sees you shall bear witness to you, and every tongue exclaim, with heartfelt joy, Welcome, welcome, La Fayette ! 435 AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED AT THE LATINO OF THE CORNER-8TONE OF THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT, JUNE 17, 1825.
Seite 409 - In concluding his farewell sermon, he said, that, in the language of Holy Writ, " there was a time for all things ; a time to preach, and a time to pray, but those times had passed away...
Seite 321 - ... our revolutionary army— that army so brave, so virtuous, so united by mutual confidence and affection. That we have been the faithful soldiers of independence, freedom, and equality, those three essential requisites of national and personal dignity and happiness; that we have lived to see those sacred principles secured to this vast .Republic, and cherished elsewhere by all generous minds, shall be the pride of our life, the boast of our children, the comfort of our last moments. — Receive,...
Seite 161 - Whereas true religion and good morals are the only solid foundations of public liberty and happiness :