 We go to Congress at nine, and there we stay, most earnestly engaged in debates upon the most abstruse mysteries of state, until three in the afternoon ; then we adjourn, and go to dine with some of the nobles of Pennsylvania at four o'clock, and feast...  Peterson's Magazine - Page 1861876Full view - About this book
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1871 - 538 pages
...of Philadelphia. His way of life is described in a letter to his wife: " We go to congress at nine, and there we stay, most earnestly engaged in debates...ten thousand delicacies, and sit drinking Madeira, Claret, and Burgundy till six or seven, and then go home fatigued to death with business, company,... | |
 | John Adams, Charles Francis Adams - Presidents - 1875 - 474 pages
...than in Boston, at present. I shall be killed with kindness in this place. We go to Congress at nine, and there we stay, most earnestly engaged in debates...ten thousand delicacies, and sit drinking Madeira, Claret, and Burgundy, till six or seven, and then go home fatigued to death with business, company,... | |
 | John Adams, Abigail Adams, Charles Francis Adams - Presidents - 1875 - 474 pages
...than in Boston, at present. I shall be killed with kindness in this place. We go to Congress at nine, and there we stay, most earnestly engaged in debates...ten thousand delicacies, and sit drinking Madeira, Claret, and Burgundy, till six or seven, and then go home fatigued to death with business, company,... | |
 | John Adams, Abigail Adams, Charles Francis Adams - Presidents - 1875 - 498 pages
...than in Boston, at present. I shall be killed with kindness in this place. We go to Congress at nine, and there we stay, most earnestly engaged in debates...o'clock, and feast upon ten thousand delicacies, and sir drinking Madeira, Claret, and Burgundy, till six or seven, and then go home fatigued to death with... | |
 | John Adams, Charles Francis Adams - Presidents - 1876 - 520 pages
...than in Boston, at present. I shall be killed with kindness in this place. We go to Congress at nine, and there we stay, most earnestly engaged in debates...go to dine with some of the nobles of Pennsylvania at_ four o'clock, and feast upon ten thousand delicacies, and sit drinking Madeira, Claret, and Burgundy,... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - 1884 - 358 pages
...cares and toils. Frorn nine in the morning till three in the afternoon they attended to business, " then we adjourn and go to dine with some of the nobles...ten thousand delicacies, and sit drinking madeira, claret, and burgundy till six or seven, and then go home fatigued to death with business, company,... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - United States - 1893 - 366 pages
...morning till three in the afternoon the delegates attended to business, " then they adjourned and went to dine with some of the nobles of Pennsylvania at four o'clock, and feasted upon ten thousand delicacies, and sat drinking Madeira, Claret, or Burgundy till six or seven,... | |
 | New England - 1902 - 874 pages
...And again, a little later, "I shall be killed with kindness in this place. We go to Congress at nine, and there we stay, most earnestly engaged in debates...four o'clock, and feast upon ten thousand delicacies, INTERIOR DANIEL VOSE (SUFFOLK RESOLVE) HOUSE and sit drinking Madeira, Claret, and Burgundy, till six... | |
 | Mary Caroline Crawford - New England - 1903 - 454 pages
...The other extract runs: " I shall be killed with kindness in this place. We go to Congress at nine, and there we stay most earnestly engaged in debates...ten thousand delicacies, and sit drinking Madeira, claret, and Burgundy till six or seven." Just before leaving this " perpetual round of feasting," which... | |
 | George Morgan - Biography & Autobiography - 1907 - 550 pages
...practised. " I shall be killed with kindness in this place," wrote Adams. " We go to Congress at nine, and there we stay, most earnestly engaged in debates...ten thousand delicacies, and sit drinking Madeira, Claret, and Burgundy till six or seven, and then go home, fatigued to death with business, company,... | |
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