| James Grahame - United States - 1836 - 480 pages
...maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states; yet through all the gloom, I can see a ray of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth...you and I may rue — which I hope we shall not." " I will not," says the greatest poet and one of the most admirable men that Scotland has ever produced,... | |
| James Grahame - United States - 1836 - 486 pages
...this declaration, and support and defend these states ; yet through all the gloom, I can see a ray of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth...you and I may rue — which I hope we shall not." " I will not," says the greatest poet and one of the most admirable men that Scotland has ever produced,... | |
| Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1836 - 654 pages
...gloom I can see rays of light and glory ; I can see that the end is worth more than all the means ; that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not.' On the following day, the 4th, the Declaration was formally adopted by Congress, and proclaimed to... | |
| L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 364 pages
...bonfires and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward and for ever. You will think me transported with enthusiasm,...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." Early in the winter of 1776, Mr. Adams sketched a form of government to be adopted by each colony,... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1839 - 524 pages
...all the gloom, I can sec the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than .ill the means ; and that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." About the time of the declaration of independence, occurred the disastrous battle of Flatbush on Long... | |
| Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1842 - 610 pages
...sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from thia time forward for ever. You will think me transported...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." On his return to Massachusetts, he was chosen a member of the Council of Massachusetts, which occupied... | |
| Slavery - 1843 - 404 pages
...God. It ought to be soleumized with pomp, shows, &c., from one end of the • continent to theother, from this time forward for ever! You will think me...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not. — Letter, Philadelphia, July 5th, 1776. Great is Truth — great is Liberty — great is Humanity;... | |
| Sherman Day - Pennsylvania - 1843 - 766 pages
...bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forever. You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." It w«s ascertained by Dr. Maese, in a correspondence with Mr. Jefferson, that the Declaration of Independence... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States ; yet through all the gloom, I cam see the rays of light and glory — I can see that...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not. I am, &c. JOHN ADAMS." A DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST, AS IT WAS FOUND IN AN ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - America - 1844 - 338 pages
...bonfires and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forever. You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." AKNOLD'S TREASON. THE attempt of General Arnold to betray the important post of West Point into the... | |
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