Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Band 2Mason Brothers, 1864 |
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... effect was sent to the Speaker of the Massachusetts Assembly . If this letter was not written by Arthur Lee , it certainly expressed his opinion ; for , at the same time , June , 1771 , he wrote to Samuel Adams in the terms follow- ing ...
... effect was sent to the Speaker of the Massachusetts Assembly . If this letter was not written by Arthur Lee , it certainly expressed his opinion ; for , at the same time , June , 1771 , he wrote to Samuel Adams in the terms follow- ing ...
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... effect a change in the government of Pennsylvania , for which administration must be cultivated and courted , are cir- cumstances which , joined with the temporizing conduct he has al- ways held in American affairs , preclude every ...
... effect a change in the government of Pennsylvania , for which administration must be cultivated and courted , are cir- cumstances which , joined with the temporizing conduct he has al- ways held in American affairs , preclude every ...
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... effect upon an obdurate House of Lords , it must have an infinite effect without doors ; the bar being crowded with Americans . " The ministry , he added , were " violent beyond description , almost to madness ; " and , so far from ...
... effect upon an obdurate House of Lords , it must have an infinite effect without doors ; the bar being crowded with Americans . " The ministry , he added , were " violent beyond description , almost to madness ; " and , so far from ...
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... effect an amicable ar- rangement of the dispute with the colonies . Lord North was troubled with a commodity of brains ; and brains enough are always on the side of honor , justice , truth , and free- dom . Like Launcelot Gobbo in the ...
... effect an amicable ar- rangement of the dispute with the colonies . Lord North was troubled with a commodity of brains ; and brains enough are always on the side of honor , justice , truth , and free- dom . Like Launcelot Gobbo in the ...
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... effect a reconciliation . Franklin replied , that he should be very happy to aid in so good a work , but he saw no prospect of effecting it . The Americans de- sired nothing so much as a just and friendly accommodation ; but the ...
... effect a reconciliation . Franklin replied , that he should be very happy to aid in so good a work , but he saw no prospect of effecting it . The Americans de- sired nothing so much as a just and friendly accommodation ; but the ...
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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.