Letters of Mrs. Adams: The Wife of John Adams, 1. köideC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1922 - 472 pages |
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ABIGAIL ADAMS Adams's Adieu affectionate alarm appears arrived believe bless Boston Braintree Britain called character Charlestown Colonel colonies Congress Court Cranch daugh daughter dear DEAREST FRIEND distress dollars domestic enemy entertain father favor fear feel female frigate Gage give Grape Island happiness hear heart Heaven Hingham honor hope husband Jefferson JOHN ADAMS John Norton John Quincy John Quincy Adams Josiah Quincy lady letters lived Massachusetts Memoir ment mind mother never night obliged papers party peace perhaps persons pleasure political PORTIA pray present President quæ Quincy's received regard rejoice Samuel Adams scarcely scene sent sentiments shillings spirit suppose taken tell tender Thaxter thing Thomas Jefferson Randolph Thomas Shepard thou thought tion town virtue Warren week Weymouth whilst wish women wounded write written
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Page 120 - 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 17 - 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 5 - And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them : remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Page lxxix - That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. 14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Page 152 - 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.
Page xix - I never was sent to any school. I was always sick. Female education, in the best families, went no further than writing and arithmetic; in some few and rare instances, music and dancing.
Page lvi - But what is bred in the bone will never be out of the flesh, (as Lord M.
Page 21 - 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.
Page 51 - 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.
Page 39 - 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.