 | Edmund Burke - 1849 - 1012 páginas
...United States, one who was described, in the words of Jefferson, as •• the colossus of Congress, the pillar of support to the Declaration of Independence, and its ablest advocate and defender." The son, cradled in the revolution, at nine years of age heard the Declaration of Independence... | |
 | William Wirt - 1826 - 690 páginas
...at least, of his prolocutors ? Mr. Jefferson has told us that "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 Jobn Adams." How he supported it, can now be only matter of imagination : for, the... | |
 | 1826 - 438 páginas
...might have been lost. In the language of Mr. Jefferson, he was " the Colossus of that Congress — the pillar of support to the Declaration of Independence, and its ablest advocate and defender." In that day of darkness, he stood first among the foremost, and in his own emphatic language,... | |
 | 1827 - 544 páginas
...one, at least, of his prolocutors? Mr. Jefferson has told us that " the Colossus of that Congress — the great pillar of support to the Declaration of...and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams." How he supported it, ican now be only matter of imagination : for, the... | |
 | 1827 - 540 páginas
...one, at least, of his prolocutors? Mr. Jefferson has told us that "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." How he supported it, can now be only matter of imagination: for, the debate... | |
 | 1828 - 710 páginas
...least, of his prolocutors ? Mr. Jefferson has told us, that " that the colossus of that Congress — the great pillar of support to the Declaration of...and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams." ' — 'A Discourse on the Lives and Characters of Thomas Jefferson and... | |
 | 1828 - 706 páginas
...least, of his prolocutors ? Mr. Jefferson has told us, that " that the colossus of that Congress — the great pillar, of support to the Declaration of...and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams." ' — ( A Discourse on the Lives and Characters of Thomas Joflcrsnn and... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 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 Independence, and its ablest advo^ cate and champion on the floor of Ihe House,, was John Adams." The resolution having been carried,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1879 - 634 páginas
...subject of independence is said to have been unrivalled. Mr. Jefferson himself has affirmed, " that the great pillar of support to the declaration of...and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of the house, was John Adams." Speaking of his general character as an orator, the same illustrious man... | |
 | William Allen - 1832 - 816 páginas
...opposing arguments were met by Mr. Adams in a speech of unrivalled power. Of him Mr. Jefferson said, — " the great pillar of support to the declaration of...and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of the house was John Adams." — " He was the colossus of that congress: not graceful, not eloquent,... | |
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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. 
