 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1899 - 608 pages
...says : — 'Samuel Adams, to my certain knowledge, from 1758 to 1775, that is for seventeen years, made it his constant rule to watch the rise of every...his friendship, to cultivate his natural feelings in favour of his native country, to warn him against the hostile designs of Great Britain, and to fix... | |
 | William Vincent Wells - 1865 - 554 pages
...says : — "Samuel Adams, to my certain knowledge, from 1758 to 1775, that is for seventeen years, made it his constant rule to watch the rise of every...and reflections on the side of his native country. I could enumerate a list, hut I will confine myself to a few. John Hancock, afterwards President of... | |
 | 1876 - 626 pages
...He says : " Samuel Adams, to my certain knowledge, from 1758 to 1775, that is for seventeen years, made it his constant rule to watch the rise of every...to cultivate his natural feelings in favor of his country, to warn him against the hostile designs of Great Britain, and to fix his affections and his... | |
 | Increase Niles Tarbox - 1876 - 420 pages
...in public life until 1797. to my certain knowledge, from 1758 to 1775, that is, for seventeen years, made it his constant rule to watch the rise of every brilliant genius," etc. But he had not heard of Prescott's valor until he reached Cambridge, about two months after the... | |
 | Massachusetts. Commission on memorial statues - 1877 - 72 pages
...declares in his diary that " to my certain knowledge, from 1758 to 1775, that is, for seventeen years he made it his constant rule to watch the rise of...him against the hostile designs of Great Britain." He gives us a few names out of many thus brought to the cause of America, — Hancock, Warren, and... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1882 - 790 pages
...continued during his active life. " To my certain knowledge," said John Adams,1 " from 1758 to 1775 he made it his constant rule to watch the rise of...and reflections on the side of his native country." Besides his contributions to the newspapers, already spoken of, the vigorous pen of Samuel Adams was... | |
 | 1897 - 832 pages
..."Samuel Adams," he says, "to my certain knowledge, from 1758 to 1775, that is for seventeen years, made it his constant rule to watch the rise of every...and reflections on the side of his native country. I could enumerate a list, but I will confine myself to a few: John Hancock, afterwards President of... | |
 | 1890 - 724 pages
...following from the pen of John Adams : " Samuel Adams, to my certain knowledge, from 1758 to 1775, made it his constant rule to watch the rise of every...him against the hostile designs of Great Britain." Mr. Adams was nine years a Representative in Massachusetts Legislature, beginning 1766; was member... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1899 - 626 pages
...says : — 'Samuel Adams, to my certain knowledge, from 1758 to 1775, that is for seventeen years, made it his constant rule to watch the rise of every...his friendship, to cultivate his natural feelings in favour of his native country, to warn him against the hostile designs of Great Britain, and to fix... | |
 | Albert William Mann - 1917 - 610 pages
...value to him." John Adams thus wrote of his kinsman : "Samuel Adams to my certain knowledge, from 1758 made it his constant rule to watch the rise of every...his natural feelings in favor of his native country, and to warn him against the hostile designs of Great Britain. Through his influence, four brilliant... | |
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Samuel Adams, to my certain knowledge, from 1758 to 1775, that is for seventeen years, made it his constant rule to watch the rise of every brilliant genius, to seek his acquaintance, to court his friendship, to cultivate his natural feelings in favor... 
