...od, for such was his nature, though he was sparing him now on account of his family, if he had one. Both of them was edging away in different directio... ...ys. I was now beginning to feel a strong sense of being a part of the boat’s family, a sort of infant son to the captain and younger brother to the of... ... body else had finished. I did not feel so much like a member of the boat’s family now as before. However, my spirits re turned, in installments, as... ...ase “as dark as the inside of a cow,” we should have eaten up a Posey County family, fruit, furniture, and all, but Life on the Mississippi Mark T ... ...tern, then, of course; and as we backed and filled to get away, the precious family stood in the light of it—both sexes and various ages—and cursed us... ...eipt for those saddles, in case by any miracle they should come. A malicious Quincy paper used always to refer to this town, in derision as “Stavely’s... ...s, and the suggestions of wholesome life and comfort that everywhere appear. Quincy is a notable example—a brisk, handsome, well ordered city; and no... ...follow the former five into the river. Doubtless Marion City was too near to Quincy. It had an other disadvantage: it was situated in a flat mud bot... ...ntage: it was situated in a flat mud bottom, below high water mark, whereas Quincy stands high up on the slope of a hill. In the beginning Quincy had...

... in the hall of the earl’s castle. I)o not you see the coat of arms of the family of Lincoln carved in the open work of the back? But when his daughte... ...country. But his descendants still remain in New England; and the good old family name is as much respected in our days as it was in those of Sir Rich... ...d tarry in Salem for a time; she was probably received as a guest into the family of John Endicott. He was the chief person in the plantation, and had... ...you, were you bidden to copy every chapter, and verse, and word, in yonder family Bible! Would not this be a heavy toil? But if the task were, not to ... ...n can hardly grasp so wide a subject as is embraced in the experience of a family chair.” “It makes my breath flutter, my heart thrill, to think of it... ... Franklin.” The book likewise contained portraits of James Otis and Josiah Quincy. Both of them, Grandfather observed, were men of wonderful talents a...

... who loves peace and dreads pain, leaves his pleasant home and his weeping family and marches out to manfully expose himself to hunger, cold, wounds, ... ...tal comfort— for that is the sole low of his life . He leaves the weeping family behind; he is sorry to make them uncomfortable, but not sorry enough... ...t in deference to public opin ion he fought a duel. He deeply loved his family, but to buy public approval he treacherously deserted them and threw... ... having refused to fight. The teachings of religion, his devo tion to his family, his kindness of heart, his high principles, all went for nothing wh... ...roval. O.M. I did. By refusing to fight the duel he would have secured his family’s approval and a large share of his own; but the public approval was... ...ial came on, people came from all the farms around, and from Hannibal, and Quincy, and even from Keokuk; and the court house could hold only a fractio...

...e a just and beneficent principle, in its applica- tion to the whole human family, by letting in the light of truth upon a system, esteemed by some as... ... rolling casks, or doing what labor he might, to support himself and young family; four years he brooded over the scars which slavery and semi-sla- ve... ... participated in it. In the society, moreover, of Wendell Phillips, Edmund Quincy, William Lloyd Garri- son, and other men of earnest faith and refine... ...hing of the months of the year, nor of the days of the month. They keep no family records, with marriages, births, and deaths. They measure the ages o... ...fe with me that I now remem- ber—and I remember it but hazily—began in the family of my grandmother and grandfather. Betsey and Isaac Baily. 23 Frede... ...d with delight upon the rounds of it. In this little hut there was a large family of children: I dare not say how many. My grandmother— whether becaus...

...now that I am neither dead nor dying. Please give my respects to your good family, and all inquiring friends. Y ours as ever, A. LINCOLN. 26 The Writ... ...ies, of which they are but an incipient member, or the general head of the family of States as parent of all, however their action may affect one or t... ...t plant upon the soil; that it is not a thing which in any way affects the family of communities composing these States, nor any way endangers the Gen... ...s who are afterward to inhabit that Territory, or the other members of the family of communities of which they are but an incipient mem- ber, or the g... ...erican or Know-Nothing lodges; but in point of fact, I never was in one at Quincy or elsewhere. I was never in Quincy but one day and two nights while... ...assed an hour there, and you walked with me to, and parted with me at, the Quincy House, quite late at night. I left by stage for Naples before daylig... ...ark the evening, previous to the speaking, when I found you waiting at the Quincy House to meet me. A few days after I was there, Richardson, as I und... ...pper part of a building, and promised to call with the stage for me at the Quincy House. I returned, and went to bed, and before day the stage called ... ...lled and took me. This is all. That I never was in a Know-Nothing lodge in Quincy, I should expect could be easily proved by respectable men who were ...

...id, cheerless, and utterly void of elevating in- spirations… Only when the family had “moved” into the malarious backwoods of Indiana, the mother had ... ...d work was his early lot. When a mere boy he had to help in supporting the family, either on his father’s clearing, or hired out to other farmers to p... ...ry printed page that fell into his hands he would greedily devour, and his family and friends watched him with wonder, as the un- couth boy, after his... ...al campaign twenty-eight years later. Having come of age, Lincoln left the family, and “struck out for himself.” He had to “take jobs whenever he coul... ...ient husband and a good father. But it was no secret to those who knew the family well that his domestic life was full of trials. The erratic temper o... ...cessary, however, to account for it by in- forming you that I have been to Quincy on business that would not admit of delay. I will now state briefly ...

.... When a man marries it is well that be should make provision for a coming family. But a Benedict, who early in his career shall have carried his frie... ... a hut or two, and then 9 Trollope probably an excellent, roomy, handsome family mansion. Taken altogether, Washington as a city is most unsatisfac- ... ... offend it. The place did belong, and as I think does still belong, to the family of the Lees—if not already confiscated. General Lee, who is or would... ...federates, and knows well by what tenure he holds or is likely to hold his family property. The family were friends of General Washington, whose seat,... ...ved and died. Till lately this place was owned and inhabited by one of the family, a Washington, descended from a brother of the general’s; but it has... ...a member of the Lower House from an electoral district in that State. John Quincy Adams went into the House of Representatives after he had been Presi... ... do not know, but I do know that they were all still living. These are Mr. Quincy, who is now over ninety; Mr. Sparks; Mr. Everett, 185 Trollope the ... ...or by Kentucky, I think seven times, now sits in the Lower House; and John Quincy Adams appeared as a Representative from Massachusetts after he had f...

...tely, when Thomas was quite young. V ery soon after our author’s birth the family removed to The Farm, and later to Greenhay, a larger country place n... ...n the hope of seeing a sister; was apprehended by the older members of the family; and through the intercession of his uncle, Colonel Penson, re- ceiv... ...wayfarer’s life.* He soon lost his guinea, however, by ceasing to keep his family informed of his whereabouts, and subsisted for a time with great dif... ... in the last forty years been brought to a love of literature proper by De Quincy than by any other writer whatever.”—History of Nineteenth-Century Li... ...e years back, Mr. Waterton, a distinguished coun- try gentleman of ancient family in Northumberland, pub- licly mounted and rode in top-boots a savage...

... the liberties it was in- tended to preserve should be valued by the human family. Those liberties had been wrung from reluctant monarchs in many cont... ...rat of the purest strain of blood and of the most honorable lineage, whose family influence was coveted by crowned heads; who had no quarrel with the ... ...the rulers of the inhabitants; the right of governing de- scended with the family inheritance from generation to gen- eration; force was the only mean... ...s death- song at the stake.* Like all the other members of the great human family, these savages believed in the existence of a better world, and ador... ...s death- song at the stake.* Like all the other members of the great human family, these savages believed in the existence of a better world, and ador... ...w election the fate of all the Federal public officers is in suspense. Mr. Quincy Adams, on his entry into office, discharged the majority of the indi... ...at the election of Mr. Jefferson in 1801; the second was in 1825, when Mr. Quincy Adams was named.* Crises Of The Election The Election may be conside...

... Like garden gods — and not so decent either. The Missal too (it was the family Missal) Was ornamented in a sort of way Which ancient mass b... ... many a sparkling hearth was bright With the piled wood, round which the family crowd; There ‘s something cheerful in that sort of light, Ev... ...d by its own heat, But be much puzzled by a cough and cold, And find a quincy very hard to treat; Against all noble maladies he ‘s bold, B... ...nidada,’ Was steering duly for the port Leghorn; For there the Spanish family Moncada Were settled long ere Juan’s sire was born: They wer... ...g by land or water, Most naturally some small doubt inspires— A female family ‘s a serious matter (None trusts the sex more, or so much admire... ...hough not quite alone, But in good company—the gout or stone. Yet a fine family is a fine thing (Provided they don’t come in after dinner); ...

...it decided in favor of Dred Scott’s master, and against Dred Scott and his family, I do not propose to disturb or resist the decision. I never have pr... ...rleston, Coles County September 18th, Galesburgh, Knox County October 7th, Quincy , Adams County October13th, Alton, Madison County October 15th, I ag...

...of those to leave an “abandoned” New England farm behind him, and with his family emigrate toward the Mississippi. He had come to Sangamon County in I... ... her two nieces. Pending the installation Laura and Page lived at a little family hotel in the same neighbourhood. The Cresslers’ invitation to join t... ... trunk and putting her clothes away. Her fox terrier, whom the 44 The Pit family, for obscure reasons, called the Pig, arrived in the middle of the a... ...t the Dearborns’ home, she sent her footman in to tell the “girl” that the family would not be home that night. The Cresslers lived hard by on the sam... ...’ve known Curtis Jadwin now for fifteen years—nobody better. He’s as old a family friend as Charlie and I have. I know him like a book. And I tell you... ...me conditions seemed to prevail in the central counties. In Illinois, from Quincy and Wa- terloo in the west, and from Ridgway in the south, reports c...

...to several of whom he was allied by birth, being of a distinguished Norman family. The ladies, in particular, were not disposed to scan too nicely the... ...y to find,” answered Gurth, who broke silence for the first time, “and the family of Cedric retire early to rest.” “T ush, tell not me, fellow,” said ... ... quarter we are but lost men. It is said he banished his only son from his family for lifting his eyes in the way of affection towards this beauty, wh... ...h was called the dais, was occu- pied only by the principal members of the family, and visi- tors of distinction. For this purpose, a table richly cov... ...idence as the favourite lady’s-maid usually answers the master of a modern family; “you would not wish her to sit down to the banquet in her hood and ... ...cal fame. The castle and town of Ashby, at this time, belonged to Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, who, dur- ing the period of our history, was ab...

... finished, he said, “I am glad that it is old and big. I myself am of an old family, and to live in a new house would kill me. A house cannot be made ... ...d Arthur never told any, and yet… . My dear, I am somewhat previous. Mr. Quincy P. Mor ris found me alone. It seems that a man always does find ... ...ent on increasing in size and vi vacity, but I did not care that his pretty family of tame sparrows should be wiped out in the same man ner as the f... ... which now, in default of direct issue, went back to a distant branch of the family, the whole estate, real and personal, was left absolutely to Arthu...

...tler appoint? By the way, how do “events” of the same sort come on in your family? Are you possessing houses and lands, and oxen and asses, and men-se... ...merry together for a while. Be sure to give my respects to your mother and family; assure her that if ever I come near her, I will not fail to call an... ... a bad one. 117 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two 1851 LETTERS TO FAMILY MEMBERS TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON. January 2, 1851 DEAR JOHNSTON:—Your req... ...sive elections, with one brief intermission, till the inauguration of John Quincy Adams, in March, 1825. 130 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Tw... ...ir opposing partisans in all localities of the country and in almost every family, so that no division of the Union could follow such without a separa... ...ember him, and still keep up the ban of non-inter- course upon him and his family. Now, why is this? Y ou do not so treat the man who deals in corn, c... ...and Walker both. We shall be glad, if you will hoist Logan’s name, in your Quincy pa- pers. Very truly your friends, A. LINCOLN, B. S. EWARDS, JOHN T.... ... John C. Calhoun and William H. Crawford from the South, equally with John Quincy Adams, Benjamin Rush, and Smith Thompson from the North, alike answe...

...t that I incline to think there may be some reality in it. What day does Butler appoint? By the way, how do ?events? of the same sort come on in your family? Are you possessing houses and lands, and oxen and asses, and men-servants and maid-servants, and begetting sons and daughters? We are not keeping house, but boarding at the Globe Tavern, which is very well kept now by...

...The notes one of my uncles (who had the same kind of curiosity in collecting family anecdotes) once put into my hands, furnished me with several parti... ...l particulars relating to our ancestors. From these notes I learned that the family had lived in the same village, Ecton, in Northamptonshire, for thr... ...bout thirty acres, aided by the smith’s business, which had continued in the family till his time, the eldest son being always bred to that business; ... ... fifty years since. There are many of his notes in the margins. This obscure family of ours was early in the Reformation, and continued Protestants th... ...n the cover of a joint stool. When my great great grandfather read it to his family, he turned up the joint stool upon his knees, turning over the lea... ...ment of Massachusetts Bay projected an attack upon Crown Point, and sent Mr. Quincy to Pennsylvania, and Mr. Pownall, afterward Governor Pownall, to N... ...o solicit assistance. As I was in the Assembly, knew its temper, and was Mr. Quincy’s countryman, he appli’d to me for my influ ence and assistance. ... ...r grant to New England effec tual, were at a loss how to accomplish it. Mr. Quincy labored hard with the governor to obtain his assent, but he was ob... ...m were to be seen. Thus this important affair was by my means compleated. My Quincy return’d thanks to the Assembly in a handsome memorial, went home ...

...s of religion, would much delay the adoption of their child into the great family of Christ. Considering the extreme frailty of an infant’s life durin... ...here is good reason for thinking, would be celebrated as a festival in the family for generations. Still this choice may have been an accident, or gov... ...volution; and his Lear, we believe, was arranged in the year 1682. But the family to which he belongs is abundantly recorded in the Dunciad, and his o... ...ored still more in the final testimonies of his preference when founding a family mansion,) such a man’s history, and the personal recollections 17 T... ...reat parliamentary war. This it was, and the local feuds arising to divide family from family, brother from brother, upon which we must charge the ext... ... 10, 1616, (about ten weeks before her father’s death,) married Mr. Thomas Quincy of Stratford, by whom she had three sons, Shakspeare, Richard, and T...

...rty welcome to Charles Dickens,” having been proposed by the chairman, Mr. Quincy, and received with great ap plause, Mr. Dickens responded with the f... ...fection of an old guest, and to be at once on such intimate terms with the family as to have a homely, genuine interest in its every member—it is, I s... ...ene in the great man’s life, when he lay upon his couch, surrounded by his family, and listened, for the last time, to the rippling of the river he ha... ...e had been so kindly presented, should be retained as an heir loom in his family; and he assured them that he should ever be faithful to his death to... ...ective of a miscella neous dessert to see, as in a black dose darkly, the family doctor looming in the distance. We know, I have no doubt we all know... ...ney pieces. In the airy wards into which the old state drawing rooms and family bedchambers of that house are now con verted are such little patien...