The Writings of Benjamin Franklin: Collected and Ed., with a Life and Introduction, Band 7Macmillan, 1906 |
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... Answer . April 23 , 1778 898. To Comte de Vergennes . April 24 , 1778 899. From Comte de Vergennes to Benjamin Franklin . April 25 , 1778 900. To John Ross . April 26 , 1778 · · 901. From Benjamin Vaughan to Benjamin Franklin . April 28 ...
... Answer . April 23 , 1778 898. To Comte de Vergennes . April 24 , 1778 899. From Comte de Vergennes to Benjamin Franklin . April 25 , 1778 900. To John Ross . April 26 , 1778 · · 901. From Benjamin Vaughan to Benjamin Franklin . April 28 ...
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... answer from these courts , we shall despatch an ex- press with it . I am , gentlemen , & c . B. FRANKLIN . - 1 The Committee of Secret Correspondence was appointed by Congress to correspond with the friends of the colonies in Great ...
... answer from these courts , we shall despatch an ex- press with it . I am , gentlemen , & c . B. FRANKLIN . - 1 The Committee of Secret Correspondence was appointed by Congress to correspond with the friends of the colonies in Great ...
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... answers them . I forwarded yours to London for Mr. Blount some time since . Since you are likely to stay at Nantes for some time longer I enclose some Letters receiv'd here for you . I think Connection with Mr. S. might be advantageous ...
... answers them . I forwarded yours to London for Mr. Blount some time since . Since you are likely to stay at Nantes for some time longer I enclose some Letters receiv'd here for you . I think Connection with Mr. S. might be advantageous ...
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... answer . The States coolly return'd the Memorial , with only this Observation , that , when the Respect due to Sovereigns was not preserved in a Memorial , an Answer to it ought not to be expected . But the City of Amsterdam took fire ...
... answer . The States coolly return'd the Memorial , with only this Observation , that , when the Respect due to Sovereigns was not preserved in a Memorial , an Answer to it ought not to be expected . But the City of Amsterdam took fire ...
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... I send your Lordship a Copy of a very Extraordinary , and Insolent Letter , that has just been left at my House , by a Person who called himself an You did not condescend to give us any Answer , 36 THE WRITINGS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN [ 1777.
... I send your Lordship a Copy of a very Extraordinary , and Insolent Letter , that has just been left at my House , by a Person who called himself an You did not condescend to give us any Answer , 36 THE WRITINGS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN [ 1777.
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Seite 429 - Doth Job fear God for nought? 10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. 11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Seite 427 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Seite 429 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Seite 412 - I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle.
Seite 429 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Seite 411 - I voluntarily offered him all my money for it. 1 then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth.
Seite 410 - I approve much of your conclusion, that, in the mean time, we should draw all the good we can from this world. In my opinion, we might all draw more good from it than we do, and suffer less evil, if we would take care not to give too much for whistles.
Seite 354 - For life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it.
Seite 410 - Wednesday and one for Saturday. This is again Wednesday. I do not deserve one for today, because I have not answered the former. But indolent as I am, and averse to writing, the fear of having no more of your pleasing epistles, if I do not contribute to the correspondence, obliges me to take up my pen ; and as Mr. B. has kindly sent me word, that he sets out to-morrow to see you, instead of spending this Wednesday evening as I have done its name-sakes, in your delightful company, I sit down to spend...
Seite 411 - When I saw another, fond of popularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, he pays indeed, said I, too much for his whistle.