 | Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1836 - 530 pages
...flatter myself that Demosthenes, by his ' action! action! action!' meant to express the same opinion." On the day after the Declaration of Independence was passed, while his soul was yet warm with the glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife, which, as we read it now, seems to have... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1842 - 610 pages
...flatter myself that Demosthenes, by his ' action ! action ! action !' meant to express the same opinion." On the day after the Declaration of Independence was passed, while his soul was yet warm with the glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife, which, as we read it now, seems to have... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1859 - 794 pages
...first and third of these committees Adams was a member. The Declaration of Independence was drawn up by Jefferson, but on Adams devolved the task of battling it through congress in a three days' debate, daring which it under92 JOHN ADAMS went some curtailment. The plan of a treaty reported by the third... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1873 - 860 pages
...first and third of these committees Adams was a member. The declaration of independence was drawn up by Jefferson, but on Adams devolved the task of battling it through congress in a three days' debate, during which it underwent some curtailment. The plan of a treaty reported by the third committee, and... | |
 | Mecosta County (Mich.) - 1883 - 678 pages
...the duties of self-government. He was a prominent member of the committee of five appointed June u, to prepare a declaration of independence. This article...Independence was passed, while his soul was yet warm with the glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife, which, as we read it now, seems to have... | |
 | Huron County (Mich.) - 1884 - 510 pages
...the duties of self-government. He was a prominent member of the committee of five appointed June n, to prepare a declaration of independence. This article...Independence was passed, while his soul was yet warm with the glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife, which, as we read it now, seems to have... | |
 | Newaygo County (Mich.) - 1884 - 594 pages
...the duties of self-government. He was a prominent member of the committee of five appointed June n, to prepare a declaration of independence. This article...Independence was passed, while his soul was yet warm with the glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife, which, as we read it now, seems to have... | |
 | Governors - 1884 - 864 pages
...the duties of self-government. He was a prominent member of the committee of five appointed June n, to prepare a declaration of independence. This article...Independence was passed, while his soul was yet warm with the glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife, which, as we read it now, seems to have... | |
 | Governors - 1884 - 436 pages
...the duties of self-government. He was a prominent member of the committee of five appointed June n, to prepare a declaration of independence. This article...Independence was passed, while his soul was yet warm with the glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife, which, as we read it now, seems to have... | |
 | Midland County (Mich.) - 1884 - 444 pages
...the duties of self-government. He was a prominent member of the committee of five appointed June n, to prepare a declaration of independence. This article...Independence was passed, while' his soul was yet warm with the glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife, which, as we read it now, seems to have... | |
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Independence was passed, while his soul was yet warm with the glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife, which, as we read it now^ seems to have been dictated by the spirit of prophecy. "Yesterday... 
