Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States: With the Eulogy Delivered Before the Legislature of New YorkSaxton, Barker, 1860 - 387 páginas |
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... an Ob- servatory .. . 300 · CHAPTER XV . Mr. Adams ' Last Appearance in Public at Boston - His Health - Lectures on his Journey to Washington - Remote Cause of his Decease - Struck with Paralysis - Leaves CONTENTS . XV.
... an Ob- servatory .. . 300 · CHAPTER XV . Mr. Adams ' Last Appearance in Public at Boston - His Health - Lectures on his Journey to Washington - Remote Cause of his Decease - Struck with Paralysis - Leaves CONTENTS . XV.
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With the Eulogy Delivered Before the Legislature of New York William Henry Seward. Cause of his Decease - Struck with Paralysis - Leaves Quincy for Washington for the last time - His final Sick- ness in the House of Representatives - His ...
With the Eulogy Delivered Before the Legislature of New York William Henry Seward. Cause of his Decease - Struck with Paralysis - Leaves Quincy for Washington for the last time - His final Sick- ness in the House of Representatives - His ...
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... family , but a new and powerful impulse to the cause of Human Freedom throughout the world . JOHN ADAMS , son of John Adams and Susannah Boylston Adams , was born at Quincy on the nine- 18 LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS .
... family , but a new and powerful impulse to the cause of Human Freedom throughout the world . JOHN ADAMS , son of John Adams and Susannah Boylston Adams , was born at Quincy on the nine- 18 LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS .
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... cause was argued for the Crown by the King's Attorney - General , and against the laws by James Otis . It will be seen that the question thus involved was the very one that was finally submitted to the arbi- trament of arms in the ...
... cause was argued for the Crown by the King's Attorney - General , and against the laws by James Otis . It will be seen that the question thus involved was the very one that was finally submitted to the arbi- trament of arms in the ...
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... cause in which they served . John Adams did not hesitate . His principle was fidelity to duty in all the relations of life Adams , together with Josiah Quincy , defended the ac- cused with ability and firmness , and the result crowned ...
... cause in which they served . John Adams did not hesitate . His principle was fidelity to duty in all the relations of life Adams , together with Josiah Quincy , defended the ac- cused with ability and firmness , and the result crowned ...
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Página 332 - So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, 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 287 - Joint Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States...
Página 244 - And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel...
Página 37 - I wish you Sir, to believe, and that it may be understood in America, that I have done nothing in the late Contest, but what I thought myself indispensably bound to do, by the Duty which I owed to my People. I will be very frank with you. I was the last to...
Página 275 - Representatives, to take into consideration what disposition should be made of petitions and memorials for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade, in the District of Columbia, and report thereon.
Página 263 - Thy spirit, Independence ! let me share, Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye ! Thy steps I follow 'with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.
Página 116 - That the House of Representatives participates with the people of the United States in the deep interest which they feel for the success of the Spanish provinces of South America which are struggling to establish their liberty and independence ; and that it will give its constitutional support to the President of the United States, whenever he may deem it expedient to recognize the sovereignty and independence of any of the said provinces.
Página 62 - 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.
Página 355 - The die is now cast, I have passed the Rubicon; sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, with my country, is my unalterable determination.
Página 127 - Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to enter upon and prosecute from time to time such negotiations with the several maritime powers of Europe and America as he may deem expedient for the effectual abolition of the African slave trade and its ultimate denunciation as piracy under the law of nations, by the consent of the civilized world.