 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 640 pages
...the Declaration was made, Mr. Adams, in writing to a friend,• declared the event to be one that ' ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 1855 - 554 pages
...patriotic statesman, " will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations, as...Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this... | |
 | Peter Force - United States - 1855 - 80 pages
...of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as...the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding gent-rations as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be...day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 704 pages
...he write*, "will be the most memorable epoclia in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it •will be celebrated by succeeding generations...day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, •with show*, gamss, sports, guns, bell:,... | |
 | William Henry Seward - Legislators - 1856 - 418 pages
...in the history of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as a great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated...devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomps, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...is passed. The Fourth of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch™ in the history of America. I ajn apt to believe it will be celebrated by succeeding...deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from... | |
 | Boston (Mass.) - Fourth of July celebrations - 1858 - 144 pages
...accordingly of the 2d day of July, 1776, that John Adams •wrote so emphatically to his wife, that " it ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty; that it ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...it will be celebrated by silceeeding generations as the great auniversary festival. It ought to he commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It onght to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1859 - 450 pages
...free and independent States.' The day is passed. The Fourth of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch*1 in the history of America. I am "apt to believe it...be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn sets of devotion to Almighty God. iporte, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of... | |
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The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance,... 
