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Use in Literature

Quincy

Doubtless Marion City was too near to Quincy.–Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) in Life on the Mississippi.

Louis, Cannelton, Quincy, Geneva, Chicago, and Detroit.–George Willis Cooke in Unitarianism in America.

President Quincy says of President Holyoke that his religious principles coincided with the mildness and catholicity which characterized the government of the college.–George Willis Cooke in Unitarianism in America.

We did not, we could not here forget our venerable neighbor of Quincy.–Edward S. Ellis in Thomas Jefferson.

My Quincy return'd thanks to the Assembly in a handsome memorial, went home highly pleas'd with the success of his embassy, and ever after bore for me the most cordial and affectionate friendship.–Benjamin Franklin in The Autobiography of Ben Franklin.

Mr. Quincy labored hard with the governor to obtain his assent, but he was obstinate.–Benjamin Franklin in The Autobiography of Ben Franklin.

I have gone through every receipt in the Complete Huswife ten times over; and you have thoughts of coursing me through Quincy next spring.–Oliver Goldsmith in She Stoops to Conquer.

Before we were prepared to cross the Mississippi River at Quincy my anxiety was relieved; for the men of the besieged regiment came straggling into town.–Ulysses S. Grant in Personal Memoirs of General U.S. Grant, vol 1.

There was direct railroad communication between Springfield and Quincy, but I thought it would be good preparation for the troops to march there.–Ulysses S. Grant in Personal Memoirs of General U.S. Grant, vol 1.

We took the cars and reached Quincy in a few hours.–Ulysses S. Grant in Personal Memoirs of General U.S. Grant, vol 1.

• Preface iv
• Use in Literature 1
• Quincy 1
• Quincy – "Adams" 8
• Quincy – "Alice" 9
• Quincy – "Bob" 10
• Quincy – "Boston" 10
• Quincy – "Father" 11
• Quincy – "Found" 11
• Quincy – "John" 12
• Quincy – "Josiah" 14
• Quincy – "Mary" 14
• Quincy – "Room" 15
• Quincy – "Streets" 15
• Quincy – "Tom" 16
• Quincy – "Young" 17
• Nonfiction Usage 19
• Script Usage 19
• Journalism Usage 19
• Legal Usage 26
• Governmental Usage 26
• Patent Usage 26
• Bibliographic Usage 28
• Encyclopedic Usage 108
• Lexicographic Usage 124
• Index 152