Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..H. Colburn, 1818 |
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... course of years , as the colonies may in the growth and increase of people . And thus the quota of tax from each colony would naturally vary with its circumstances ; thereby preventing all disputes and dissatisfactions , about the just ...
... course of years , as the colonies may in the growth and increase of people . And thus the quota of tax from each colony would naturally vary with its circumstances ; thereby preventing all disputes and dissatisfactions , about the just ...
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... course their trade ,. have increased ; for all trade having always a proportion of debt outstanding , which is paid in its turn , while fresh debt is contracted , the proportion of debt naturally increases as the trade increases ; but ...
... course their trade ,. have increased ; for all trade having always a proportion of debt outstanding , which is paid in its turn , while fresh debt is contracted , the proportion of debt naturally increases as the trade increases ; but ...
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... course no new imposition ) fully satisfy the colo- nists ? If you answer in the negative , 2dly . Your reasons for that opinion ? 3dly . Do you think the only effectual way of composing the present differ- ences , is to put the ...
... course no new imposition ) fully satisfy the colo- nists ? If you answer in the negative , 2dly . Your reasons for that opinion ? 3dly . Do you think the only effectual way of composing the present differ- ences , is to put the ...
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... course no new imposition ) fully satisfy the colonists ? " Answer , I think not . 2dly . " Your reasons for that opinion ? " A. Because it is not the sum paid in that duty on tea that is complained of as a burden , but the principle of ...
... course no new imposition ) fully satisfy the colonists ? " Answer , I think not . 2dly . " Your reasons for that opinion ? " A. Because it is not the sum paid in that duty on tea that is complained of as a burden , but the principle of ...
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... to the subject . " B. V. Some of his circular letters had been criticised , and exposed by one or two of the American assemblies . 2 one branch of trade ; since the course and connection PART I. ] 67 AMERICAN POLITICS .
... to the subject . " B. V. Some of his circular letters had been criticised , and exposed by one or two of the American assemblies . 2 one branch of trade ; since the course and connection PART I. ] 67 AMERICAN POLITICS .
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Abbés Morellet act of parliament advantage America appear better bills body Britain British chimney coin cold colonies commerce common conductor continued crown debt degree descending discharge duty earth England English equal expense fire fluid force Franklin friends funnel give glass Glaucon gold and silver governors grand council greater heat Helvetius Hence inches inconvenience increase Indians industry inhabitants kingdom of England labor land laws legal tender less liberty locum tenens manufactures means merchants motion nation natural necessary never observed occasion opinion paper paper-money parliament of England particles passing perhaps persons plate pleasure poor Portugal pound weight present produce proportion province quantity reason receive Rhode Island rise settlements shillings ships side smoke Spain stamp act subsistence sufficient suppose taxes thing thought trade vessel warm whole wind
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 250 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure ? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an hour.
Seite 190 - Speak ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, .Angels; for ye behold Him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle His throne rejoicing ; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end.
Seite 309 - 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 249 - Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
Seite 250 - Three removes are as bad as a fire ' ; and again, ' Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee ' ; and again, ' If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send.' And again, ' He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Seite 307 - From going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it.
Seite 318 - When I was a child of seven years old my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.
Seite 66 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Seite 252 - Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Seite 180 - ... molested in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted, by the armed force of the enemy...