 | Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 508 Seiten
...tar-and-feather honour, or a mixture of foulness and folly ; which every .man among us who should accept-froin your King would be obliged to renounce or exchange...their own country^ or wear it with everlasting shame. *J am, Sir, your himible sepant,v B. FRANKLIN. a f»?. • . . •?* '.asat'.'tj ***:* t -- M V Letter... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 628 Seiten
...however weak or wicked leaves us small respect for them, and we consider it as a sort of tar and-feathcr honour, or a mixture of foulness and folly, which...this sort of honours, under any circumstances, is shewn, not by laborious depreciation, but by the transient casual expressions of slight which give... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 462 Seiten
...or wicked, leaves us small respect for them ; and we consider it as a sort of tar-and-feather honor, or a mixture of foulness and folly ; which every man...everlasting shame. I am, sir, your humble servant, B. FRANKLIN. Letter in answer to the propositions of quitting the alliance with France. Supposed to... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 480 Seiten
...or wicked, leaves us small respect for them ; and we consider it as a sort of tar-and-feather honor, or a mixture of foulness and folly ; which every man...everlasting shame. I am, sir, your humble servant, B. FRANKLIN. •" ' V , * . Letter in answer to the propositions of quitting the alliance with France.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 494 Seiten
...or wicked, leaves us small respect for them ; and we consider it as a sort of tar-and-feather honor, or a mixture of foulness and folly ; which every man...their own country, or wear it with everlasting shame. •. •; .(.v.-wi I am, sir, your humble servant, B. FRANKLIN-. • ) . -»»'•>» Letter in answer... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1829 - 904 Seiten
...tar-and-feather honor, or a mixture of foulness and folly, which every man among us, who should accept it from your King, would be obliged to renounce, or exchange...of their own country, or wear it with everlasting infamy. I am, Sir, your humble servant, B. FRANKLIN. TO JAMES LOVELL. Passy, July 22d, 1778. Sir, I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1833 - 490 Seiten
...or wicked, leaves us small respect for them ; and we consider it as a sort of tar-andfeather honor, or a mixture of foulness and folly ; which every man...everlasting shame. • I am, sir, your humble servant, B. FRANKLIN. TO JAMES LOVELL, ESQ. SIR, Passy, July 22, 1778. Mr. Deane is I hope with you long before... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 Seiten
...mixture of foulness and folly ; which every man among us, who should accept from your king, woiild be obliged to renounce or exchange, for that conferred...their own country, or wear it with everlasting shame. " B. FRANKLIN." " James Lovell. •• PÍMY, July S3, 1778. SIR, — I received your favour of May... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 590 Seiten
...tar-and-feather honor, or a mixture of foulness and folly, which every man among us, who should accept it from your King, would be obliged to renounce, or exchange...of their own country, or wear it with everlasting infamy. I am, Sir, your humble servant, B. FRANKLIN. FROM RAWLINS LOWNDES TO B. FRANKLIN. Commodore... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 596 Seiten
...tar-and-feather honor, or a mixture of foulness and folly, which every man among us, who should accept it from your King, would be obliged to renounce, or exchange...of their own country, or wear it with everlasting infamy. I am, Sir, your humble servant, B. FRANKLIN. FROM RAWLIN8 LOWNDES TO B. FRANKLIN. Commodore... | |
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PEERAGES ! alas! sir, our long observation of the vast servile majority of your peers, voting constantly for every measure proposed by a minister, however weak or wicked, leaves us small respect for... 
