 The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha 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,...  Source-readers in American History ... - Sida 1541902Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Peter Force - 1855 - 80 sidor
...celebrated by succeeding generations as the great Anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion...bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore. 1776, was the termination of all lawful... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1855 - 554 sidor
...It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with...end of this continent to the other, from this time forth for evermore." The glorious event has, indeed, given rise to an annual jubilee, but not on the... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1855 - 294 sidor
...It ought to be solemnized with ]x>mp and parade, with shows, games, s|H>rt-, gnus, bell?, Ixjntires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, for evermore."* In 1777, Adams succeeded Silas Deane as Commissioner to France, where he was again... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 704 sidor
...celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion...ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, •with show*, gamss, sports, guns, bell:, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1856 - 418 sidor
...day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomps, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward, forever. You may think me transported with enthusiasm,... | |
 | John Stetson Barry - 1857 - 492 sidor
...celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion...time forward, forevermore." " You will think me," he adds, " transported with enthusiasm ; but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, the blood, and... | |
 | William Allen - 1857 - 930 sidor
...day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, x K * H La0' { ^ V . OL k nhD Df 4b; T Y O Ј ! the continent to the other, from this time forward, forever. You will tliink me transported with enthusiasm... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 sidor
...celebrated by silceeeding generations as the great auniversary festival. It ought to he commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It onght to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and... | |
 | Boston (Mass.) - 1858 - 144 sidor
...1776, that John Adams •wrote so emphatically to his wife, that " it ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty; that it ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 sidor
...day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward, forever. You will think me transported with enthusiasm,... | |
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