 My own affections have been deeply wounded by some of the martyrs to this cause, but rather than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated. Were there but an Adam and an Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better...  The Life of Thomas Jefferson - 第 109 頁Henry Stephens Randall 著 - 1858完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 480 頁
...than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated. Were there but an Adam and Em left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is." The mingled folly and ferocity of this passage would almost lead to a doubt of the sanity... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - 1882 - 544 頁
...but rather than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated ; were there but an Adam and Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is.' * Well, citizens, that beats me, you must admit. I am overwhelmed with the grandeur... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 536 頁
...but rather than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated ; were there but an Adam and Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it is now." * Washington, who contemplated the French revolution with a less sanguine eye than Jefferson,... | |
 | John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1883 - 388 頁
...but rather than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated; were there but an Adam and Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is ; " with much more of like tenor. Yet, amid all this gratification, he was obliged, with... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1894 - 696 頁
...ancient system. Writing to an old friend he went farther even than this : " Were there but an Adam and an Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is." On every point of difficulty created by the French revolution the disagreement between... | |
 | John Pancoast Gordy - 1895 - 526 頁
...but rather than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated; were there but an Adam and Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than it is now." And Gallatin writing to an intimate friend February 1, 1794, when the Reign of Terror was... | |
 | John Pancoast Gordy - 1895 - 526 頁
...than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated; were there but an Adam and Bve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than it is now." And Gallatin writing to an intimate friend February 1, 1794, when the Reign of Terror was... | |
 | Henry Mann - 1896 - 352 頁
...than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated; were there but an Adam and an Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than it is now. ' ' The spread of these ideas shocked and alarmed conservative men, including Washington himself,... | |
 | James Lowry Whittle - 1896 - 268 頁
...the French Revolution produced. Referring to those dire events, he wrote, " Were there an Adam and an Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than it is now." Defeated by John Adams in the election of 1797, he exerted his brilliant powers to oppose... | |
 | 1897 - 340 頁
...that it should have failed I would have seen half the earth desolated; were there but an Adam and an Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is. I have expressed to you my sentiments because they are really those of ninety-nine in... | |
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