Letters of Mrs. Adams: The Wife of John Adams, Volume 2C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1840 |
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A. A. MY DEAR Abby ABIGAIL ADAMS acquaintance Adams Adieu affectionate agreeable America amongst amuse appearance arrived attend aunt Auteuil beautiful believe blonde lace Boston Calais called Captain Carmarthen character Countess of Effingham Court cousin daugh daughter dear Lucy DEAR SISTER dine dinner drawing-room dress elegant England entertainment expense feel Foundling Hospital France French friends frotteur garden gauze gentleman give gown Grosvenor Square guineas Hague Hallowell hand heart hope hour idea Jefferson JOHN QUINCY ADAMS kind ladies land late letter lodgings London look Madam Majesty manners miles ministers months morning never o'clock obliged paintings Paris person pleasure polite post-chaise present Queen Quincy received returned ribbon satin scene seen servant silk Smith Storer suppose thing tion to-day town virtue walk week whilst whole wholly wish woman write
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Page 235 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Page 271 - Yet not to earth's contracted span Thy goodness let me bound, Or think Thee Lord alone of man, When thousand worlds are round...
Page 194 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
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Page 235 - My feelings are not those of pride or ostentation, upon the occasion. They are solemnized by a sense of the obligations, the important trusts, and numerous duties connected with it. That you may be enabled to discharge them with honor to yourself, with justice and impartiality to your country, and with satisfaction to this great people, shall be the daily prayer of your AA
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Page 271 - And is not virtue in mankind The nutriment that feeds the mind; Upheld by each good action past, And still continued by the last? Then, who with reason can pretend That all effects of virtue end? Believe me, Stella, when you show That true contempt for things below. Nor prize your life for other ends Than merely to oblige your friends ; Your former actions claim their part, And join to fortify your heart.