Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States: With the Eulogy Delivered Before the Legislature of New YorkDerby, Miller, 1849 - 404 pagini This book is a biography of John Quincy Adams, United States Senator, Congressman from Massachusetts, and the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. |
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... whole mili- tia of the city was in requisition , and military watches and guards were everywhere placed . We were all upon a level . No man was exempted : our military officers were our only superiors . I had the honor to be summoned in ...
... whole mili- tia of the city was in requisition , and military watches and guards were everywhere placed . We were all upon a level . No man was exempted : our military officers were our only superiors . I had the honor to be summoned in ...
Pagina 32
... whole day , and draw upon paper various figures , to be imprinted upon the pa- per for rooms , as fast as his eye can roll and his fingers move , and no two of his draughts shall be alike . The Saracens , the Knights of Malta , the army ...
... whole day , and draw upon paper various figures , to be imprinted upon the pa- per for rooms , as fast as his eye can roll and his fingers move , and no two of his draughts shall be alike . The Saracens , the Knights of Malta , the army ...
Pagina 37
... whole people . << Frugality and industry are virtues everywhere , but avarice and stinginess are not frugality . The Dutch say , that without a habit of thinking of every doit be- fore you spend it , no man can be a good merchant , or ...
... whole people . << Frugality and industry are virtues everywhere , but avarice and stinginess are not frugality . The Dutch say , that without a habit of thinking of every doit be- fore you spend it , no man can be a good merchant , or ...
Pagina 42
... whole life , in a manner so agreeable to myself . " George III . replied with dignity , but not without some manifestations of excitement : " The circumstances of this audience are so extraor- dinary , the language you have now held is ...
... whole life , in a manner so agreeable to myself . " George III . replied with dignity , but not without some manifestations of excitement : " The circumstances of this audience are so extraor- dinary , the language you have now held is ...
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... whole people , and not of a faction . His magnanimous spirit would not stoop to party favoritism , nor allow him to exercise the power entrusted him , to promote the interests of any political clique . In all his measures his great ...
... whole people , and not of a faction . His magnanimous spirit would not stoop to party favoritism , nor allow him to exercise the power entrusted him , to promote the interests of any political clique . In all his measures his great ...
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