The Union Text Book: Containing Selections from the Writings of Daniel Webster : the Declaration of Independence : the Constitution of the United States : and Washington's Farewell Address : with Copious Indexes : for the Higher Classes of Educational Institutions, and for Home Reading |
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Page 66
... Adams was graduated , in course , in 1755 . Choosing the law for his profession , he commenced and prosecuted its studies at Worcester , under the direction of Samuel Putnam , a gentleman whom he has himself described as an acute man ...
... Adams was graduated , in course , in 1755 . Choosing the law for his profession , he commenced and prosecuted its studies at Worcester , under the direction of Samuel Putnam , a gentleman whom he has himself described as an acute man ...
Page 69
... Adams himself seems never to have lost the feeling it produced , and to have entertained constantly the fullest ... Samuel Adams , John Adams , and Robert Treat Paine , delegates from Mas- sachusetts . This appointment was made at Salem ...
... Adams himself seems never to have lost the feeling it produced , and to have entertained constantly the fullest ... Samuel Adams , John Adams , and Robert Treat Paine , delegates from Mas- sachusetts . This appointment was made at Salem ...
Page 83
... SAMUEL ADAMS , a man who hungered and thirsted for the independence of his country ; who thought the Declaration halted and lingered , being himself not only ready , but eager , for it , long before SELECTIONS FROM WEBSTER .
... SAMUEL ADAMS , a man who hungered and thirsted for the independence of his country ; who thought the Declaration halted and lingered , being himself not only ready , but eager , for it , long before SELECTIONS FROM WEBSTER .
Page 192
... Samuel Adams . That great and distin- guished friend of American liberty , it was feared , might 99 have doubts about the new Constitution . Naturally cautious. 192 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT BOOK .
... Samuel Adams . That great and distin- guished friend of American liberty , it was feared , might 99 have doubts about the new Constitution . Naturally cautious. 192 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT BOOK .
Page 307
... Samuel Adams , with his gray hairs hanging about his shoulders , and with an im- pressive venerableness now seldom to be met with , ( I suppose owing to the difference of habits , ) rose in that assembly , and , with the air of a ...
... Samuel Adams , with his gray hairs hanging about his shoulders , and with an im- pressive venerableness now seldom to be met with , ( I suppose owing to the difference of habits , ) rose in that assembly , and , with the air of a ...
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