Portrait and Biographical Album of Osceola County [Mich.] Containing ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent ... Citizens ... Also ... a Complete History of the County, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present TimeChapman brothers, 1884 - 5 頁 |
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第 20 頁
... death was leveling my companions on every side . ' An Indian sharpshooter said he was not born to be killed by a bullet , for he had taken direct aim at him seventeen times , and failed to hit him . After having been five years in the ...
... death was leveling my companions on every side . ' An Indian sharpshooter said he was not born to be killed by a bullet , for he had taken direct aim at him seventeen times , and failed to hit him . After having been five years in the ...
第 24 頁
... death . No one could look upon his venerable form , and think of what he had done and suffered , and how he had given up all the prime and strength of his life to the public good , without the deepest emotion of gratitude and respect ...
... death . No one could look upon his venerable form , and think of what he had done and suffered , and how he had given up all the prime and strength of his life to the public good , without the deepest emotion of gratitude and respect ...
第 28 頁
... death , the kin- dred spirit of the venerable Adams , as if to bear him company , left the scene of his earthly ... deaths they were not divided . In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin , rather above six feet in height , but well ...
... death , the kin- dred spirit of the venerable Adams , as if to bear him company , left the scene of his earthly ... deaths they were not divided . In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin , rather above six feet in height , but well ...
第 31 頁
... death . The early education of Mr. Madison was conducted mostly at home under a private tutor . At the age of 18 he was sent to Princeton College , in New Jersey . Here he applied himself to study with the most im- prudent zeal ...
... death . The early education of Mr. Madison was conducted mostly at home under a private tutor . At the age of 18 he was sent to Princeton College , in New Jersey . Here he applied himself to study with the most im- prudent zeal ...
第 32 頁
... - tiful home at Montpelier , and there passed the re- mainder of his days . On June 28 , 1836 , then at the age of 85 years , he fell asleep in death . Mrs. Madi- son died July 12 , 1849 . 35 ال AMES MONROE , the fifth President of The.
... - tiful home at Montpelier , and there passed the re- mainder of his days . On June 28 , 1836 , then at the age of 85 years , he fell asleep in death . Mrs. Madi- son died July 12 , 1849 . 35 ال AMES MONROE , the fifth President of The.
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第 27 頁 - July; and at the same time, it was voted that a committee be appointed to prepare a Declaration to the effect of the resolution. This committee was elected by ballot, on the following day, and consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston.
第 23 頁 - 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, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
第 24 頁 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means; and that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not.
第 146 頁 - I recommend you at an early day to make manifest to the gentlemen who represent this State in the two Houses of Congress, and to the country, that Michigan is loyal to the Union, the Constitution, and the laws and will defend them to the uttermost ; and to proffer to the President of the United States, the whole military power of the State for that purpose. Oh, for the firm, steady hand of a Washington, or a Jackson, to guide the ship of State in this perilous storm ! Let us hope that we will find...
第 24 頁 - In the course of the day he said, " It is a great and glorious day." The last words he uttered were, "Jefferson survives.
第 40 頁 - Massachusetts, from Boston, and then was elected Senator of the United States for six years, from the 4th of March, 1804.
第 353 頁 - All these works, though many of them costly in the extreme, give but a faint idea of the lives and characters of those whose memory they were intended to perpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses of the people that then lived. The great pyramids and . some of the obelisks remain objects only of curiosity; the mausoleums, monuments and statues are crumbling into dust.
第 23 頁 - school of affliction," from which he endeavored to gain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the study of law. For this purpose he placed himself under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He had thought seriously of the clerical profession but seems to have been turned from this by what he termed " the frightful engines of ecclesiastical counjils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,'' of the operations of which he had been a witness in his native town.
第 83 頁 - His parents, belonging to the class of the "poor whites " of the South, were in such circumstances, that they could not confer even the slightest advantages of education upon their child. When Andrew was five years of age, his father accidentally lost his life while herorically endeavoring to save a friend from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew was a ragged boy about the streets, supported by the labor of his mother, who obtained her living with her own hands.
第 19 頁 - George was 1 4 years old he had a desire to go to sea, and a midshipman's warrant was secured for him, but through the opposition of his mother the idea was abandoned. Two years later he was appointed surveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. In this business he spent three years in a rough frontier life...