 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...  Letters of Mrs. Adams: The Wife of John Adams - Page 235by Abigail Adams - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Theodore Parker - 1908 - 476 pages
...dressed in brightest beams, To give thy honors to the day.' " My thoughts and meditations are with you, and my petitions to Heaven are that ' the things which...this great people, shall be the daily prayer of your " AA" The great strife between Federalists and Democrats was then at its height, while at the same... | |
 | Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards - 1917 - 312 pages
...day of his inauguration, February 8th, 1797, has become a classic, and is in every way worthy of her. "The sun is dressed in brightest beams, To give thy...this great people, shall be the daily prayer of your "AA" Philadelphia was still the seat of government, the new city of Washington not being yet ready... | |
 | Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards - 1917 - 312 pages
...yourself head of a nation. 'And now, O Lord, my God, thou hast made thy servant ruler over the people. J Give unto him an understanding heart, that he may...this great people, shall be the daily prayer of your "AA" Philadelphia was still the seat of government, the new city of Washington not being yet ready... | |
 | John Thomson Faris - 1918 - 420 pages
...trusts, and numerous duties connected with it. That 322 you may be enabled to discharge them with honour to yourself, with justice and impartiality to your...this great people, shall be the daily prayer of your "AA" The President-Elect was asked to make his home in the fine house which had been erected by the... | |
 | William Judson Hampton - 1922 - 284 pages
...obligations, the important trusts and numerous duties connected with it. That you may be enabled 22 to discharge them with honor to yourself, with justice...this great people, shall be the daily prayer of your AA New York City was the first Capital of the United States. In 1790, the seat of Government was moved... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1928 - 360 pages
...not be hidden from your eyes. My feelings are not those of pride or ostentation upon the occasion 53 They are solemnized by a sense of the obligations,...this great people, shall be the daily prayer of your AA" It was in this room that Abigail waited while Britisli soldiers ransacked the rooms below and made... | |
 | 1841 - 682 pages
...may it prove an auspicious prelude to each ensuing season. You have this day declared yourself h3ad of a nation. 'And now, O Lord, my God, thou hast made...•with satisfaction to this great people, shall be the prayer of your AA" —pp. 235, 23& To this we subjoin the following from her husband, •written the... | |
 | David McCullough - 2001 - 883 pages
...pride or ostentation, but "solemnized" by the knowledge of the obligations and duties he had assumed. "That you may be enabled to discharge them with honor...justice and impartiality to your country, and with the satisfaction to this great people, shall be the daily prayer of your AA" Her own days were taken... | |
 | John Quincy Adams, Charles Francis Adams - 2005 - 421 pages
...less applicable to him who is invested with the chief magistracy of a nation, though he wear not the crown, nor the robes of royalty. "My thoughts and...this great people, shall be the daily prayer of your A. A," With this official announcement, the relations which the Vice-President had for eight years... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 564 pages
...to say, that to be allied to such a wife was to be qualified for high place and great actions. " ' The sun is dressed in brightest beams, To give thy...this great people, shall be the daily prayer of your AA"* — pp. 428, 429. We are not satisfied with this volume. We are not satisfied, because it gives... | |
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