Benjamin FranklinHoughton Mifflin, 1889 - 428 Seiten |
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... of Great Britain came , under their administration , " to yield three times as much clear revenue to the crown as the post - office of Ireland . " Franklin narrates that in time he was displaced " by a 42 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... of Great Britain came , under their administration , " to yield three times as much clear revenue to the crown as the post - office of Ireland . " Franklin narrates that in time he was displaced " by a 42 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
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... Britain and her American provinces ; earlier stages of that talk which kept on growing louder , more eager , and more disputatious , until it was swallowed up in the roar of the revolutionary cannon . Among others , Shir- ley , governor ...
... Britain and her American provinces ; earlier stages of that talk which kept on growing louder , more eager , and more disputatious , until it was swallowed up in the roar of the revolutionary cannon . Among others , Shir- ley , governor ...
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... Britain those articles which they would otherwise be able to buy at much lower prices from other countries . Moreover , they were obliged to sell only in Great Britain , where heavy imposts served to curtail the net profits of the ...
... Britain those articles which they would otherwise be able to buy at much lower prices from other countries . Moreover , they were obliged to sell only in Great Britain , where heavy imposts served to curtail the net profits of the ...
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... Britain by increasing her people , territory , strength , and com- merce . " He foretold that " perhaps in less than another century " the Ohio valley might " become a populous and powerful dominion , and a great accession of power ...
... Britain by increasing her people , territory , strength , and com- merce . " He foretold that " perhaps in less than another century " the Ohio valley might " become a populous and powerful dominion , and a great accession of power ...
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... Britain . " This made Thomas Penn jubilant . " The people of Pennsylvania , " he said , " will soon be convinced . . . that they have not a right to the powers of government they claim . " 1 Franklin took his passage in a packet - ship ...
... Britain . " This made Thomas Penn jubilant . " The people of Pennsylvania , " he said , " will soon be convinced . . . that they have not a right to the powers of government they claim . " 1 Franklin took his passage in a packet - ship ...
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Seite 203 - MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
Seite 405 - I have said he, often and often in the course of the Session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting Sun.
Seite 36 - That, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours ; and this we should do freely and generously.
Seite 6 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Seite 28 - I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his Divinity; tho...
Seite 44 - House approved the nomination, and provided the goods for the present, and tho' they did not much like treating out of the provinces; and we met the other commissioners at Albany about the middle of June. In our way thither, I projected and drew a plan for the union of all the colonies under one government, so far as might be necessary for defense and other important general purposes.
Seite 397 - I had not firmness enough to resist the unanimous desire of my country folks ; and I find myself harnessed again in their service for another year. They engrossed the prime of my life. They have eaten my flesh, and seem resolved now to pick my bones.
Seite 133 - The very tails of the American sheep are so laden with wool that each has a little car or waggon on four little wheels to support and keep it from trailing on the ground.