Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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Page 51
... Adams : " I perceive the venerable gentleman from Massachusetts , before me now , nods approval of the senti- ment . " [ The sentiment of Mr. Delano . ] MR . ADAMS . " Yes , sir . Mr. Chairman , I approve and indorse every word and ...
... Adams : " I perceive the venerable gentleman from Massachusetts , before me now , nods approval of the senti- ment . " [ The sentiment of Mr. Delano . ] MR . ADAMS . " Yes , sir . Mr. Chairman , I approve and indorse every word and ...
Page 52
... ADAMS . " I never designated the point . " MR . DOUGLAS . " Was it above Matamoras ? " MR . ADAMS . " I never specified any particular place . " The old man had evidently forgotten the dispatch he wrote as Secretary of State in 1819 ...
... ADAMS . " I never designated the point . " MR . DOUGLAS . " Was it above Matamoras ? " MR . ADAMS . " I never specified any particular place . " The old man had evidently forgotten the dispatch he wrote as Secretary of State in 1819 ...
Page 53
... Adams was a Massachusetts man . Perhaps the idea that controlled their common star was the New England idea , which ... Adams proclaimed it , but he did not plant it . John Quincy Adams tenderly nourished it . If the grandson of the one ...
... Adams was a Massachusetts man . Perhaps the idea that controlled their common star was the New England idea , which ... Adams proclaimed it , but he did not plant it . John Quincy Adams tenderly nourished it . If the grandson of the one ...
Page 54
... Adams . The living junior of that name is an accepted authority , and one of his brothers is said to be among the best of the numerous writers for the New York World , whose edito- WILLIAM B. REED . 55 rial columns are frequently ...
... Adams . The living junior of that name is an accepted authority , and one of his brothers is said to be among the best of the numerous writers for the New York World , whose edito- WILLIAM B. REED . 55 rial columns are frequently ...
Page 82
... Adams , preserved a steady rec- ord of their busy and distinguished lives . How full of inci- dent they must have been ! They reveled in the enjoyment of literature and of all descriptions of learning . Wholly differ- ent in temperament ...
... Adams , preserved a steady rec- ord of their busy and distinguished lives . How full of inci- dent they must have been ! They reveled in the enjoyment of literature and of all descriptions of learning . Wholly differ- ent in temperament ...
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