 But since it is down, my friend, and it may be long before it rises again, let us make as good a night of it as we can. We may still light candles. Frugality and industry will go a great way towards indemnifying us. Idleness and pride tax with a heavier...  Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin - Seite 461von James Parton - 1864 - 710 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Walsh - 1835 - 552 Seiten
...good a night of it as we can. We may still light candles. Frugality and industry will go a great wny towards indemnifying us. Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter. Our country produces, or is capable... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 572 Seiten
...and heartily. But the tide was too strong against us. The nation was provoked by American claims of independence,! and all parties joined in resolving...tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily get rid of the latter. My best respects to Mrs. Thomson.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 578 Seiten
...and heartily. But the tide was too strong against us. The nation was provoked by American claims of independence,! and all parties joined in resolving...tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily get rid of the latter. My best respects to Mrs. Thomson.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 580 Seiten
...But the tide was too strong against us. The nation was provoked by American claims of independence,t and all parties joined in resolving by this act to...tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily get rid of the latter. My best respects to Mrs. Thomson.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 Seiten
...The nation was provoked by American claims of independence, and all parties joined by resolving in this act to settle the point. We might as well have...tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily get rid of the latter." * • Thin letter was dated... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 668 Seiten
...The nation was provoked by American claims of independence, and all parties joined by resolving in this act to settle the point. We might as well have...tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily get rid of the latter." * * This letter was dated in... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 Seiten
...The nation was provoked by American claims of independence, and all parties joined by resolving in this act to settle the point. We might as well have...tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily get rid of the latter." * * This letter was dated in... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 522 Seiten
...night of it as we can. We may still light candles. Frugality and industry will go a great way toward indemnifying us. Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily get rid of the latter." Mr. Thompson's reply to the... | |
 | John Stanley (printer.) - 1849 - 178 Seiten
...we could not do. But since it is down, my friend,—and it may be long before it rises again,—let us make as good a night of it as we can. We may still...tax with a heavier hand than 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,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1852 - 484 Seiten
...point. We might as well have hin- CHAP dered the sun's setting : that wo could not do. But since 'tis down, my friend, and it may be long before it rises...tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments ; if we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter." For the opportunity of printing... | |
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