Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Band 2Mason Brothers, 1864 |
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... authority and interposition may be used for our relief , and that a gracious answer may be given to this petition . " That your majesty may enjoy every felicity through a long and glorious reign over loyal and happy subjects , and that ...
... authority and interposition may be used for our relief , and that a gracious answer may be given to this petition . " That your majesty may enjoy every felicity through a long and glorious reign over loyal and happy subjects , and that ...
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... authority of Parliament over the colonies was not limited ; even the Boston Port Bill was only to be suspended ; Massachusetts was to pay for the destroyed tea ; but the tea duties were not to be refunded . What Mr. Bar- clay said ...
... authority of Parliament over the colonies was not limited ; even the Boston Port Bill was only to be suspended ; Massachusetts was to pay for the destroyed tea ; but the tea duties were not to be refunded . What Mr. Bar- clay said ...
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... authority ; that , therefore , if such a step were to be taken , it would lie chiefly on me to take it ; that , indeed , if there were , as they supposed , a clear probability of good to be done by it , I should make no scruple of ...
... authority ; that , therefore , if such a step were to be taken , it would lie chiefly on me to take it ; that , indeed , if there were , as they supposed , a clear probability of good to be done by it , I should make no scruple of ...
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... authority of the General Court or General As- sembly of such province or colony , and disposable by Parliament , and shall engage to make provision also for the support of the civil government and the administration of justice in such ...
... authority of the General Court or General As- sembly of such province or colony , and disposable by Parliament , and shall engage to make provision also for the support of the civil government and the administration of justice in such ...
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... authority . The House of Representatives are but thirty- six in number ; as a body , held in great and remarkable contempt ; much despised for their acquiescence with the views and measures of the proprietary party , and singularly ...
... authority . The House of Representatives are but thirty- six in number ; as a body , held in great and remarkable contempt ; much despised for their acquiescence with the views and measures of the proprietary party , and singularly ...
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Abbé Morellet affairs alliance America answer appears appointed army arrival Arthur Lee asked Beaumarchais Benjamin Franklin Bon Homme Richard Boston Britain British Captain cause character colonies commissioners committee conduct Congress conversation Count de Vergennes court desired dispatches embassador England English envoys Europe expressed favor France French friends gave gentleman Gerard give hand honor hope hundred Izard John Adams king king's letter liberty lived London Lord North Lord Shelburne Lord Stormont ment mind minister ministry Nantes nation negotiation never occasion officers opinion Oswald paper Paris Parliament Passy peace Pennsylvania person Philadelphia political pounds present proposed Ralph Izard received replied respect secret sent Serapis ship Silas Deane soon thing thought thousand tion tory treaty troops United Versailles whole William William Temple Franklin wish wrote young
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Seite 652 - But nature makes that mean; so over that art, Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race. This is an art Which does mend nature — change it rather; but The art itself is nature.
Seite 66 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south.
Seite 572 - I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that " except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it.
Seite 32 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract ; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts ; they must be repealed — you will repeal them ; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it — I will consent to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed.
Seite 411 - The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter.
Seite 571 - In this situation of this Assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings...
Seite 602 - Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," etc., issued the following letter: — "AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. " From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes unla-wfully held in Bondage.
Seite 372 - In truth, I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and now I am grown old and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But on the whole, tho...
Seite 500 - I am at a loss, Sir, to explain your conduct, and that of your colleagues on this occasion. You have concluded your preliminary articles without any communication between us, although the instructions from Congress prescribe that nothing shall be done without the participation of the King.
Seite 652 - Not as adventitious therefore will the wise man regard the faith which is in him. The highest truth he sees he will fearlessly utter; knowing that, let what may come of it, he is thus playing his right part in the world — knowing that if he can effect the change he aims at — well: if not — well also; though not so well.