The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Band 2J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1875 |
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... , having by my good management regulated the posts in America , so as greatly to increase the revenue ; that he had had great satisfaction in corresponding with me while I was there , and he believed they never had a.
... , having by my good management regulated the posts in America , so as greatly to increase the revenue ; that he had had great satisfaction in corresponding with me while I was there , and he believed they never had a.
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... never in his life met with a man he was so much in love with . This I write for your amusement . You see by the nature of this whole letter , that it is to yourself only . It may serve to prepare your mind for any event that shall ...
... never in his life met with a man he was so much in love with . This I write for your amusement . You see by the nature of this whole letter , that it is to yourself only . It may serve to prepare your mind for any event that shall ...
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... Never use a slighting expression to her , even in jest , for slights in jest , after frequent bandyings , are apt to end in angry earnest . Be studious in your profession , and you will be learned . Be industrious and frugal , and you ...
... Never use a slighting expression to her , even in jest , for slights in jest , after frequent bandyings , are apt to end in angry earnest . Be studious in your profession , and you will be learned . Be industrious and frugal , and you ...
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... never came to hand . I have an essay on the subject of your Queries , and you shall hear from me soon about our agreeing or differing . I have a great fund of political knowledge reduced into writing , far from being ripe , but fit for ...
... never came to hand . I have an essay on the subject of your Queries , and you shall hear from me soon about our agreeing or differing . I have a great fund of political knowledge reduced into writing , far from being ripe , but fit for ...
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... never to be repealed ; being persuaded , that we shall reap more solid and extensive advantages from the steady practice of those two great virtues , than we can possibly suffer damage from 34 GEORGE III . AND HIS PARLIAMENT . [ Ær Æt ...
... never to be repealed ; being persuaded , that we shall reap more solid and extensive advantages from the steady practice of those two great virtues , than we can possibly suffer damage from 34 GEORGE III . AND HIS PARLIAMENT . [ Ær Æt ...
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Seite 263 - 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 377 - Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations, and ruining his health in their pursuit, Mistaken man, said I, you are providing fain for yourself, instead of pleasure ; you give too much for your whistle.
Seite 143 - Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Seite 188 - To the King's Most Excellent Majesty: Most Gracious Sovereign: We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the...
Seite 367 - And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose? Have we not seen at pleasure's lordly call, The smiling long-frequented village fall? Beheld the duteous son, the sire decay'd, The modest matron, and the blushing maid, Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train, To traverse climes beyond the western main; Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around, And Niagara stuns with thund'ring sound?
Seite 248 - They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Seite 381 - I frequently hear the old generals of this martial country, who study the maps of America, and mark upon them all your operations, speak with sincere approbation and great applause of your conduct ; and join in giving you the character of one of the greatest captains of the age.
Seite 381 - Should peace arrive after another campaign or two, and afford us a little leisure, I should be happy to see your Excellency in Europe, and to accompany you, if my age and strength would permit, in visiting some of its ancient and most famous kingdoms.
Seite 290 - Upon the whole, it did not appear to your committee that his lordship's commission contained any other authority than that expressed in the act of Parliament, namely, that of granting pardons, with such exceptions as the commissioners shall think proper to make, and of declaring America, or any part of it, to be in the King's peace, upon submission...
Seite 280 - We must be unanimous ; there must be no pulling different ways ; we must all hang together." " Yes," replied Franklin, " we must indeed all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.