The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Band 4Childs & Peterson, 1840 |
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... cause of the colonies " only ; and that they are " absurd and ungrateful , " if they think we have done nothing , unless we " make conquests for them , " and reduce Canada to gratify their " vain ambi- tion , " & c . It will not be a ...
... cause of the colonies " only ; and that they are " absurd and ungrateful , " if they think we have done nothing , unless we " make conquests for them , " and reduce Canada to gratify their " vain ambi- tion , " & c . It will not be a ...
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... cause , And violate all hospitable laws ! The powers they defied ; But Heaven is just , and by a god they died . " Thus much for the sentiments of the ancient heath- ens . As for the Turks , it is recorded in the Life of Mahomet , the ...
... cause , And violate all hospitable laws ! The powers they defied ; But Heaven is just , and by a god they died . " Thus much for the sentiments of the ancient heath- ens . As for the Turks , it is recorded in the Life of Mahomet , the ...
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... cause of these miserable contentions is not to be sought for merely in the depravity and self- ishness of human minds . For , though it is not unlikely that in these , as well as in other disputes , there are faults on both sides ...
... cause of these miserable contentions is not to be sought for merely in the depravity and self- ishness of human minds . For , though it is not unlikely that in these , as well as in other disputes , there are faults on both sides ...
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A Narrative of the late Massacres in Lancaster County | 54 |
Cool Thoughts on the Present Situation of our Public | 78 |
Petition to the King for Changing the Proprietary Gov | 93 |
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