A Eulogy on the Life and Character of John Quincy Adams: Delivered at the Request of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in Faneuil Hall, April 15, 1848 ...Dutton and Wentworth, 1848 - 71 páginas |
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... court , as the counsel for the soldiers , who had fired upon the people in Boston , on the 5th of March , 1770. Two years later , his father was negatived by the Royal Governor , as a member of the Executive Council . In 1774 , the port ...
... court , as the counsel for the soldiers , who had fired upon the people in Boston , on the 5th of March , 1770. Two years later , his father was negatived by the Royal Governor , as a member of the Executive Council . In 1774 , the port ...
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... of Smollet , though I had designed to have got half through it by this time . I have determined this week to be more diligent , as Mr. Thaxter will be absent at court , and I cannot pur- sue my other studies . I have set myself a 16.
... of Smollet , though I had designed to have got half through it by this time . I have determined this week to be more diligent , as Mr. Thaxter will be absent at court , and I cannot pur- sue my other studies . I have set myself a 16.
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... and keep a remembrance of them all , I should desire that you would let me know what of those I must begin upon at first . " I am your dutiful son , " JOHN QUINCY ADAMS . " resident minister to the Court of Versailles , and Mr. 20.
... and keep a remembrance of them all , I should desire that you would let me know what of those I must begin upon at first . " I am your dutiful son , " JOHN QUINCY ADAMS . " resident minister to the Court of Versailles , and Mr. 20.
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... Court of Versailles , and Mr. Lee to Madrid ; and , after a residence of about a year and a half at Paris , Mr. Adams , without waiting to be recalled , determined to return to the United States . He was invited by the king to take ...
... Court of Versailles , and Mr. Lee to Madrid ; and , after a residence of about a year and a half at Paris , Mr. Adams , without waiting to be recalled , determined to return to the United States . He was invited by the king to take ...
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... Court of St. Petersburg , started for that capital , taking with him John Quincy Adams as private secretary and interpreter , being then just four- teen years of age . In this capacity , he was recognized by Congress , and there is ...
... Court of St. Petersburg , started for that capital , taking with him John Quincy Adams as private secretary and interpreter , being then just four- teen years of age . In this capacity , he was recognized by Congress , and there is ...
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Página 24 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Página 71 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Página 11 - Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 7: The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Página 19 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Página 35 - But if these things are done in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
Página 60 - We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all republicans; we are all federalists. If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Página 5 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Página 20 - So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Página 24 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill!
Página 71 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great Inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.