Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife, 2. kötetC. C. Little and J. Brown, 1841 |
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xii. oldal
... Weather . His son visits too much . Farming his only delight . • 138 138 140 ' Letter CCXIX . 9 February . European politics . The English successful over the French . Derives no pleas- ure from the victories of either . Letter CCXX ...
... Weather . His son visits too much . Farming his only delight . • 138 138 140 ' Letter CCXIX . 9 February . European politics . The English successful over the French . Derives no pleas- ure from the victories of either . Letter CCXX ...
51. oldal
... weather is every day pleasant as the month of May ; soft , mild air ; some foggy days , and about ten or twelve days in January were cold and icy . But we have had scarce three inches of snow the whole winter . climate is more favorable ...
... weather is every day pleasant as the month of May ; soft , mild air ; some foggy days , and about ten or twelve days in January were cold and icy . But we have had scarce three inches of snow the whole winter . climate is more favorable ...
52. oldal
... weather continuing fine , I went to Saint Denis , a little village about eight miles from this place , where are the tombs of all the kings and queens . The statues of all lie in state in marble . The church is called the royal Church ...
... weather continuing fine , I went to Saint Denis , a little village about eight miles from this place , where are the tombs of all the kings and queens . The statues of all lie in state in marble . The church is called the royal Church ...
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... weather proved so boisterous that it was impossible to go . To give you some idea of the place where we are , Cape Finisterre and Cape Ortegal are two long arms of land stretched out into the sea , which embrace a large body of water ...
... weather proved so boisterous that it was impossible to go . To give you some idea of the place where we are , Cape Finisterre and Cape Ortegal are two long arms of land stretched out into the sea , which embrace a large body of water ...
61. oldal
... weather . A great part of the way , the wretchedness of our accommodation exceeds all description . At Bilboa we fare very well , and have received much civility from Messrs . Gardoqui and Sons , as we did at Ferrol and Corunna from M ...
... weather . A great part of the way , the wretchedness of our accommodation exceeds all description . At Bilboa we fare very well , and have received much civility from Messrs . Gardoqui and Sons , as we did at Ferrol and Corunna from M ...
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154. oldal - Ay! I am fairly out, and you fairly in! See which of us will be happiest.' " When the ceremony was over, he came and made me a visit, and cordially congratulated me, and wished my administration might be happy, successful, and honorable.
xvi. oldal - See life dissolving vegetate again: All forms that perish other forms supply; (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die) Like bubbles on the sea of Matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
189. oldal - If a preference, upon principle, of a free republican government, formed upon long and serious reflection, after a diligent and impartial inquiry after truth ; if an attachment to the constitution of the United States, and a conscientious determination to support it...
189. oldal - ... who, by a long course of great actions, regulated by prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude, conducting a people inspired with the same virtues, and animated with the same ardent patriotism and love of liberty, to independence and peace, to increasing wealth and unexampled prosperity, has merited the gratitude of his fellow-citizens, commanded the highest praises of foreign nations, and secured immortal glory with posterity.
186. oldal - WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
177. oldal - I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house, and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof!
87. oldal - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things: For no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all, And women too, but innocent and pure : No sovereignty— Seb.
87. oldal - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
17. oldal - It is not indeed the fine arts which our country requires; the useful, the mechanic arts are those which we have occasion for in a young country as yet simple and not far advanced in luxury, although perhaps much too far for her age and character.
62. oldal - The news of this evening is, that the Queen of France is no more.* When will savages be satiated with blood? No prospect of peace in Europe, and therefore none of internal harmony in America. We cannot well be in a more disagreeable situation than we are with all Europe, with all Indians, and with all Barbary rovers. Nearly one half of the Continent is in constant opposition to the other, and the President's situation, which is highly responsible, is very distressing.