 | R. M. DEVENS - 1876 - 1014 páginas
...their chief glory. Well and truly did the mighty patriot Adams characterize this event as the most memorable epoch in the history of America. " I am apt to believe," said he, " that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary festival.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - 1879 - 758 páginas
...Adams said in a letter to his wife : " But the day is past. The 2d 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... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1879 - 680 páginas
...their chief glory. Well and truly did the mighty patriot Adams characterize this event as the most memorable epoch in the history of America. " I am apt to believe," said he, " that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary festival.... | |
 | James Parton - 1880 - 688 páginas
...that celebrated letter to his wife : — "The day is passed. The 2d 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 986 páginas
...free and independent States." " The 2d of July," adds the same patriotic statesman, " 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... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1883 - 612 páginas
...decree from heaven.' ' This,' wrote John Adams on the day before the adoption of the Declaration, ' will be a 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... | |
 | John Staples Locke - 1883 - 258 páginas
...such a Declaration six months ago. But the day is past. 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... | |
 | 1883 - 678 páginas
...A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, ' that these United States are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states/ The day is passed. - The fourth of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe it will... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1883 - 756 páginas
...their chief glory. Well and truly did the mighty patriot Adams characterize this event as the most memorable epoch in the history of America. " I am apt to believe," said he, " that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary festival.... | |
 | James Parton - 1883 - 860 páginas
...that celebrated letter to his wife : — . "The day is passed. The 2d 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 aa the great anniversary festival. It ought to... | |
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The day is passed. The 4th of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. 
