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 pages |
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... close , had inspired , throughout Europe , a desire to renovate the institutions of government . The officers and citizens of France who had mingled in the contest , had carried home the seeds of freedom and had scattered them abroad ...
... close , had inspired , throughout Europe , a desire to renovate the institutions of government . The officers and citizens of France who had mingled in the contest , had carried home the seeds of freedom and had scattered them abroad ...
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... close upon twenty - five , when many of the characters who were born for the benefit of their fellow - creatures have rendered themselves conspic- uous among their cotemporaries , and founded a reputation upon which their memory remains ...
... close upon twenty - five , when many of the characters who were born for the benefit of their fellow - creatures have rendered themselves conspic- uous among their cotemporaries , and founded a reputation upon which their memory remains ...
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... my own wishes and the expectations of my friends , I find ample room for close and attentive application ; for frequent and considerate obser . vation ; and for such benefits of practical experience as 56 LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS .
... my own wishes and the expectations of my friends , I find ample room for close and attentive application ; for frequent and considerate obser . vation ; and for such benefits of practical experience as 56 LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS .
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... close of Washington's administration . That he was not an inattentive observer of the momentous events then transpiring in Europe , but was watchful and faith- ful in all that pertained to the welfare of his country , is abundantly ...
... close of Washington's administration . That he was not an inattentive observer of the momentous events then transpiring in Europe , but was watchful and faith- ful in all that pertained to the welfare of his country , is abundantly ...
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... close of Washington's ad- ministration , he transferred the younger Adams from the Hague , by an appointment as Minister Plenipoten- tiary to Portugal , but before proceeding to Lisbon , his father , in the meantime having become ...
... close of Washington's ad- ministration , he transferred the younger Adams from the Hague , by an appointment as Minister Plenipoten- tiary to Portugal , but before proceeding to Lisbon , his father , in the meantime having become ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.