 | John Adams, Charles Francis Adams - 1865 - 580 pages
...emptied into the sea. This morning a man-of-war sails. This is the most magnificent movement of all.8 There is a dignity, a majesty, a sublimity, in this...something to be remembered, something notable and striking. This destruction of the tea is so bold, so daring, so firm, intrepid and inflexible, and... | |
 | Richard Frothingham - 1872 - 678 pages
...the tea; and the narrative of their events in the " Life and Times of Warren " occupies fifty pages. There is a dignity, a majesty, a sublimity, in this...last effort of the patriots, that I greatly admire." l " We," John Scollay, one of the selectmen and an actor, wrote, " do console ourselves that we have... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1874 - 802 pages
...but to bide the issue." And in his diary he wrote, " This is the most magnificent movement of all. There is a dignity, a majesty, a sublimity, in this...last effort of the patriots that I greatly admire. This destruction of the tea is so bold, so daring, so firm, so intrepid and inflexible, and it must... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1875 - 572 pages
...emptied into the Sea. This Morning a Man of War sails. This is the most magnificent Movement of all. There is a Dignity, a Majesty, a Sublimity in this...something to be remembered, — something notable & striking. This Destruction of the Tea is so bold, so daring, so firm, intrepid, & inflexible, and... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1875 - 588 pages
...Sea. This Morning a Man of War sails. ThU is the most maguificent Movement of all. There is a Diguity, a Majesty, a Sublimity in this last Effort of the Patriots that I greatly admire. The People should ncver rise withont doing something to be remembered, — something notable & striking. This Destrnction... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1882 - 790 pages
...23, 1773. ' Diary, Dec. 17, 1773. [Two pages of this diary, of which the accompanying fac-simile is a is a dignity, a majesty, a sublimity, in this last...effort of the Patriots that I greatly admire." : The blow was now struck ; the deed was done ; and there was no retreat. The enemies of liberty talked of... | |
 | Daniel Goodwin - 1882 - 84 pages
...(Life of S. Adams, Vol. II, p. 126.) John Adams said. " This is the most magnificent movement of all There is a dignity, a majesty, a sublimity, in this...last effort of the patriots that I greatly admire. This destruction of the tea is so bold and it must have so important consequences and so lasting that... | |
 | George Lowell Austin - 1884 - 686 pages
...had yet been struck in America." 1 " This," wrote Adams, " is the most magnificent movement of all. There is a dignity, a majesty, a sublimity in this...never rise without doing something to be remembered. The destruction of the tea is so bold, so daring, so firm, intrepid, and inflexible, and it must have... | |
 | Daniel Goodwin - 1884 - 172 pages
...of all we meet on this occasion." John Adams said, " This is the most magnificent movement of all. There is a dignity, a majesty, a sublimity in this...last effort of the patriots that I greatly admire. This destruction of the tea is so bold and it must have so important consequences and so lasting that... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1886 - 536 pages
...three cargoes of Bohea tea were emptied into the sea. This is the most magnificent movement of all. There is a dignity, a majesty, a sublimity, in this...something to be remembered, something notable and striking. This destruction of the tea is so bold, so daring, so firm, intrepid, and inflexible, and... | |
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This is the most magnificent movement of all. There is a dignity, a majesty, a sublimity, in this last effort of the patriots, that I greatly admire. 
