 | Edmund Burke - History - 1849 - 1012 pages
...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 - Funeral sermons - 1826 - 690 pages
...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,...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 debate was conducted... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...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,... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 544 pages
...mistaken in the relative prominency of one, at least, of his prolocutors? Mr. Jefferson has told us that " the Colossus of that Congress — the great...champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams." How he supported it, ican now be only matter of imagination : for, the debate was conducted with closed... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...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,...champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams." How he supported it, can now be only matter of imagination: for, the debate was conducted with closed... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...sufficient, in that age, to call 'out all the speaking talent of the House Mr. Jefferson has told us that " the Colossus of that Congress-— the great...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,... | |
 | John Hayward - Names, Geographical - 1829 - 530 pages
...attempt to subjugate freemen ; and by his side stood the man, who, in the language of Jefferson, " was the great pillar of support to the declaration of...and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of Congress." Mr. Adams says," At one o'clock on Wednesday, the first of June, 1785, the master of ceremonies... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Biography - 1832 - 548 pages
...recommending the adoption of an independent government. It has been affirmed by Mr. Jefferson, himself "that the great pillar of support to the declaration of...champion on the floor of the house, was John Adams." In 1777, he was chosen commissioner to the court of Versailles, in the place of Mr. Dean, who was recalled.... | |
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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. 
