The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... kings , he shall not stand before mean men . " PROVERBS OF SOLOMON . 66 Eripuit cœlo fulmen , sceptrumque tyrannis . " M. TURGOT . LONDON : PUBLISHED BY SIMPKIN , MARSHALL AND CO . , STATIONERS ' HALL COURT ; OLIVER AND BOYD , EDINBURGH ...
... kings , he shall not stand before mean men . " PROVERBS OF SOLOMON . 66 Eripuit cœlo fulmen , sceptrumque tyrannis . " M. TURGOT . LONDON : PUBLISHED BY SIMPKIN , MARSHALL AND CO . , STATIONERS ' HALL COURT ; OLIVER AND BOYD , EDINBURGH ...
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... kings ; which however has since happened , for I have stood before five , and even had the honour of sitting down with one , the King of Denmark , to dinner . " Then fol- lows in the autobiography an entertaining anecdote . 6 " We have ...
... kings ; which however has since happened , for I have stood before five , and even had the honour of sitting down with one , the King of Denmark , to dinner . " Then fol- lows in the autobiography an entertaining anecdote . 6 " We have ...
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... King's use , " and never to inquire how it was applied . " But , if the demand was not directly from the crown , that phrase was found not so proper , and some other was invented . Thus , when powder was wanted , and the government of ...
... King's use , " and never to inquire how it was applied . " But , if the demand was not directly from the crown , that phrase was found not so proper , and some other was invented . Thus , when powder was wanted , and the government of ...
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... king in council , stating the hardships under which the great majority of the Pensylvanians laboured , from the preposterous conduct , of the proprie- taries and praying for redress . Franklin was the person who was wisely appointed to ...
... king in council , stating the hardships under which the great majority of the Pensylvanians laboured , from the preposterous conduct , of the proprie- taries and praying for redress . Franklin was the person who was wisely appointed to ...
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... kings and parliaments . If we can get rid of the former , we may easily get rid of the latter . " This letter was dated in London , July 11th , 1765. Thomson said , in his answer , " The sun of liberty is indeed fast setting , if not ...
... kings and parliaments . If we can get rid of the former , we may easily get rid of the latter . " This letter was dated in London , July 11th , 1765. Thomson said , in his answer , " The sun of liberty is indeed fast setting , if not ...
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