 | William Montgomery Brown - 1899 - 548 pages
...God, with them that strive with me, and fight Thou against them that fight against me."] It was enough to melt a heart of stone. I saw the tears gush into...the old, grave, pacific Quakers of Philadelphia." Dr. William White, mentioned above, was elected as the first regular Chaplain of Congress. I do not... | |
 | New England - 1902 - 874 pages
...which were expressed yesterday, and the fixed determination that they should be supported, were enough to melt a heart of stone. I saw the tears gush into the eyes of the old, grave pacific Quakers of Pennsylvania ... do entreat every friend I have to write me. Every line which comes from our friends... | |
 | United States. Continental Congress - Constitutional history - 1904 - 212 pages
...which were expressed yesterday, and the fixed determination that they should be supported, were enough to melt a heart of stone. I saw the tears gush into the eyes of the old, grave, pacific Quakers of Pennsylvania." Samuel Adams wrote that the resolves were "read with great applause," and that the Congress... | |
 | Charles Ferris Gettemy - Biography & Autobiography - 1905 - 364 pages
...and the fixed determination that they should be supported were enough to melt a heart of stone. I saw tears gush into the eyes of the old, grave, pacific Quakers of Pennsylvania." 1 But the Congress did something more than gush. It promptly passed resolutions condemning... | |
 | John Fleming Carson - Christianity and politics - 1908 - 76 pages
...realize the emotions with which they turned imploringly to Heaven for divine interposition and aid ? I saw the tears gush into the eyes of the old, grave, pacific Quakers of Philadelphia." DR. DUCHE'S PRAYER. Having recited the incident it will be of interest to many to read the first prayer... | |
 | Owen Wister - Presidents - 1907 - 314 pages
......" As to which, John Adams, in his nobler mood : "This was one of the happiest days of my life. ... I saw the tears gush into the eyes of the old, grave, pacific Quakers of Pennsylvania." There was now no escape from war; Washington went to Mount Vernon to prepare for it... | |
 | Horace Mather Lippincott - Buildings - 1917 - 454 pages
...been brought down to us in the printed word and the painted canvas and John Adams tells us that he saw " the tears gush into the eyes of the old grave pacific Quakers of Philadelphia." The paintings have not quite revealed to us the real setting, as at that time the large room on the... | |
 | Edmund Cody Burnett - United States - 1921 - 650 pages
...which were expressed yesterday, and the fixed determination that they should be supported, were enough to melt a heart of stone. I saw the tears gush into the eyes of the old grave pacific Quakers of Pennsylvania. You cannot conceive, my dear, the hurry of business, visits, ceremonies, which we are... | |
 | Owen Wister - Biografias - 1928 - 298 pages
......" As to which, John Adams, in his nobler mood: "This was one of the happiest days of my life. ... I saw the tears gush into the eyes of the old, grave, pacific Quakers of Pennsylvania." There was now no escape from war; Washington went to Mount Vernon to prepare for it... | |
 | Constitutional law - 1922 - 270 pages
...which were expressed yesterday, and the fixed determination that they should be supported, were enough to melt a heart of stone. I saw the tears gush into the eyes of the old, grave, pacific Quakers of Pennsylvania." Even without this inspiration, the next step before Congress was clear. They drew up... | |
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Massachusetts which were expressed yesterday, and the fixed determination that they should be supported, were enough to melt a heart of stone. I saw the tears gush into the eyes of the old grave pacific Quakers of Pennsylvania. 
