 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 610 páginas
...important measure, and they were long and animated, Mr. Adams took the lead. Mr. Jefferson has said, " that the great pillar of support to the Declaration...champion on the floor of the house, was John Adams." On another occasion, he . said of him, " He was our Colossus on the floor. Not graceful, not elegant,... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1842 - 456 páginas
...motion lasted till the 2d of July. " The great pillar of support (said Jefferson, long afterwards, to the declaration of independence, and its ablest...champion on the floor of the house, was John Adams." He was also appointed one of a committee for drawing up a declaration of independence : the task devolved... | |
 | M. Sears - 1842 - 586 páginas
...attempt to subjugate freemen; and by his side stood the man who, in the language of Jefferson, " was the great pillar of support to the declaration of...and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of Congress." Mr. Adams says, " At one o'clock, on Wednesday, the first of June, 1785, the master of ceremonies... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 páginas
...the speaking talent of the House. Mr. Jefferson has told us that " the Colossus of that Congress — the great pillar of support to the Declaration of...champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams." The resolution having been carried, the draft of the Declaration came to be examined in detail ; and... | |
 | M. Sears - 1844 - 582 páginas
...intrepidity, soundness of judgment, rectitude of purpose, and deep, ever-active piety. JOHN ADAMS. JOHN ADAMS, a distinguished patriot of the American revolution,...commissioner to the court of Versailles, in the place of Mr. Deane, who was recalled. On his return, about a year afterwards, he was elected a member of the Convention... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 378 páginas
...sign it. 7. In regard to his character, the best eulogium has been given by Jefferson. He alwayssaid that " the great pillar of support to the Declaration...champion on the floor of the house, was John Adams ;" and no man knew him better than Jefferson. 8. Though feeble at the arrival of the fiftieth anniversary... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 páginas
...the speaking talent of the House. Mr. Jefferson has told us that " the Colossus of that Congress — the great pillar of support to the Declaration of...champion on the floor of the House, 'was John Adams." The resolution having been carried, the draft of the Declaration came to be examined in detail ; and... | |
 | M. Sears - 1844 - 596 páginas
...attempt to subjugate freemen; and by his side stood the m;m who, in the language of Jefferson, " was the great pillar of support to the declaration of...and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of Congress." Mr. Adams says, " At one o'clock, on Wednesday, the first of June, 1785, the master of ceremonies... | |
 | 1844 - 468 páginas
...has told us that "the Colossus of that Congre s— the great pillar of support to the De- 5 deration of Independence, and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams. £ [n that moment of darkness, of terror, and of consternation, when the election was to be made between... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 páginas
...the speaking talent of the House. Mr. Jefferson has told us that " the Colossus of that Congress — the great pillar of support to the Declaration of...champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams." The resolution having been carried, the draft of the Declaration came to be examined in detail ; and... | |
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the Colossus of that Congress — the great pillar of support to the Declaration of Independence, and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams. 
