Our Countrymen: Or, Brief Memoirs of Eminent AmericansLippincott, Grambo, 1855 - 407 頁 |
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第 41 頁
... Congress at Albany to devise means of defence against the French ; and there he submitted a plan of union , similar ... Congress ; and he was one of the signers of the Declara- tion of Independence the following year . During the whole ...
... Congress at Albany to devise means of defence against the French ; and there he submitted a plan of union , similar ... Congress ; and he was one of the signers of the Declara- tion of Independence the following year . During the whole ...
第 46 頁
... Congress for more than fifteen years . He was born in Ireland in 1730 , and at the age of eleven years was brought to America in company with three older brothers . Their father died from the effects of sea - sickness , when within ...
... Congress for more than fifteen years . He was born in Ireland in 1730 , and at the age of eleven years was brought to America in company with three older brothers . Their father died from the effects of sea - sickness , when within ...
第 47 頁
... Congress , until the new organization of the government under the Federal Constitution , in 1789. But the demands of public business did not wean him from books , of which he was a great lover . He had a passion for the study of Greek ...
... Congress , until the new organization of the government under the Federal Constitution , in 1789. But the demands of public business did not wean him from books , of which he was a great lover . He had a passion for the study of Greek ...
第 54 頁
... Congress ; and when that body , at the close of 1776 , convened at Baltimore , he was chosen one of its chaplains . In that capacity he continued to serve until the seat of government was removed to New York . When , again , under the ...
... Congress ; and when that body , at the close of 1776 , convened at Baltimore , he was chosen one of its chaplains . In that capacity he continued to serve until the seat of government was removed to New York . When , again , under the ...
第 61 頁
... Congress ordered a monument to be erected to his memory at the seat of the Federal Government , but the stone for it is yet in the quarry . ' ZABDIEL BOYLSTON . NOCULATION for the small - pox , so as to ward off the violence of that ...
... Congress ordered a monument to be erected to his memory at the seat of the Federal Government , but the stone for it is yet in the quarry . ' ZABDIEL BOYLSTON . NOCULATION for the small - pox , so as to ward off the violence of that ...
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第 162 頁 - Otis was a flame of .fire ; with a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American Independence was then and there born.
第 401 頁 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
第 28 頁 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
第 404 頁 - For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God : but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
第 10 頁 - The best part of a community is always the least, and of that least part the wiser are still less...
第 28 頁 - I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, "•You are young, and have the world before you ; STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.
第 154 頁 - Lincoln had been a member of the Convention that framed the Constitution of the United States...
第 44 頁 - He is seventy years old; his whole life is consecrated to business, which he passionately loves, whether important or not; or rather, with respect to him, there is none of the latter description. He has all -the simplicity in his dress, all the importance, and even pedantry, becoming the great magistrate of a small republic.
第 70 頁 - TTAPPILY he did not need the smart of guilt to make him virtuous, nor the 11 'regret of folly to make him wise," were the words uttered by one who knew Fisher Ames well, and appreciated his noble character.