 He was dying, when I was baptized ; and his daughter, my grandmother, present at my birth, requested that I might receive his name. The fact, recorded by my father at the time, has connected with that portion of my name, a charm of mingled sensibility...  A Discourse Delivered in Quincy, March 11, 1848, at the Interment of John ... - Page 14by William Parsons Lunt - 1848 - 60 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Henry Seward, John Mather Austin - 1849 - 430 pages
...The house at Mount Wollaston has a peculiar interest to me, as the dwelling of my great-grandfather, whose name I bear. The incident which gave rise to...perpetual admonition to do nothing unworthy of it." It cannot be doubted that the character of the person from whom, in such affecting circumstances, he... | |
 | James Spear Loring - 1852 - 762 pages
...The house at Mount Wollaston has a peculiar interest to me, as the dwelling of my great-grandfather, whose name I bear. The incident which gave rise to...perpetual admonition to do nothing unworthy of it." Senator Davis said of him, " the cradle hymns of the child were the songs of liberty ;" it being the... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1856 - 418 pages
..."The house at Mount Wollaston has a peculiar interest to me, as the dwelling of my great-grandfather, whose name I bear. The incident which gave rise to...perpetual admonition to do nothing unworthy of it." It cannot be doubted that the character of the person from whom, in such affecting circumstances, he... | |
 | Josiah Quincy - 1858 - 472 pages
...the town of Braintree in the colonial legislature forty years, and long held the office of speaker. portion of my name a charm of mingled sensibility...passing from earth to immortality. These have been, through life, perpetual admonitions to do nothing unworthy of it." At Braintree his mother watched... | |
 | Josiah Quincy - 1858 - 452 pages
...name a charm of mingled sensibility and devotion. It was filial tenderness that gave the name—it was the name of one passing from earth to immortality. These have been, through life, perpetual admonitions to do nothing unworthy of it." At Braintree his mother watched... | |
 | Josiah Quincy - 1859 - 450 pages
...the town of Braintree in the colonial legislature forty years, and long held the office of speaker. 1 portion of my name a charm of mingled sensibility...passing from earth to immortality. These have been, through life, perpetual admonitions to do nothing unworthy of it." At Braintree his mother watched... | |
 | 1867 - 788 pages
...receive his name. This fact, recorded by my father at the time, is not without a moral to my heart, and has connected with that portion of my name a charm...passing from earth to immortality. These have been, through life, perpetual admonitions to do nothing unworthy of it." Thus Abigail Adams began the training... | |
 | John Wien Forney - 1873 - 462 pages
...incident is thus referred to : " The fact, recorded by my father at the time, has connected with portions of my name a charm of mingled sensibility and devotion....my attachment to the name of Quincy, and have been, through life, a perpetual admonition to do nothing unworthy of it." Fortified by the example of his... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1873 - 866 pages
...grandmother, requested I might receive his name. This fact, recorded by my father, has connected with my name a charm of mingled sensibility and devotion....passing from earth to immortality. These have been through life perpetual admonitions to do nothing unworthy of it." John Adams, having been appointed... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1873 - 860 pages
...might receive his name. This fact, recorded by my father, has connected with my name a charm of mingk-d sensibility and devotion. It was filial tenderness...passing from earth to immortality. These have been through life perpetual admonitions to do nothing unworthy of it." John Adams, having been appointed... | |
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