 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,...  Self Culture - Page 4341895Full view - About this book
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1857 - 348 pages
...passed — the 4th of July, 1776, will be a memorable epocha in the history of America. 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, shows, &c., from one end of the continent to the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 pages
...it will be 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 pages
...the 2d day of July, 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 pages
...it will be celebrated, by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary festival. 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, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 140 pages
...that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great Anniversary Festival. It ought to bo commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to bo solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1860 - 1176 pages
...the Declaration of Independence was signed, John Adams wrote, "This day will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America; to be celebrated...to the other, from this time forward, forevermore. You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1860 - 496 pages
...their own act. " But the day is past. The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America ; to be celebrated by succeeding...to the other, from this time forward forevermore. " You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1860 - 490 pages
...their own act. " But the day is past. The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America ; to be celebrated by succeeding...to the other, from this time forward forevermore. " You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood,... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1860 - 38 pages
...that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to bo commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and... | |
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