 | Edward Everett Hale - 1886 - 518 Seiten
...provides for his cordial welcome in Paris. " I fancy," says Franklin, speaking of these invitations, " that intriguing nation would like very well to meddle...colonies ; but I hope we shall give them no opportunity." Again, "Durand has given me letters, of recommendation to the Lord knows who. I am told I shall meet... | |
 | William Stebbing - 1887 - 432 Seiten
...with him, was very inquisitive, makes me visits. I fancy that intriguing nation would like very much to meddle on occasion, and blow up the coals between...colonies ; but I hope we shall give them no opportunity." The certainty that, had the American connection with Great Britain survived the Stamp and Tea Duty... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1896 - 522 Seiten
...for all his political writings. " That intriguing nation," said Franklin, " would like very well to blow up the coals between Britain and her colonies ; but I hope we shall give them no opportunity." "In England," Durand reported, "there is no one who does not own that its American colonies will one... | |
 | James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast - 1897 - 926 Seiten
...accomplished diplomatist of the French nation, said : " That intriguing nation would like very well to blow up the coals between Britain and her colonies, but I hope we shall .give them no opportunity!' While Franklin was saying this, Durand wrote to the minister at Versailles : " In England there is... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1898 - 556 Seiten
...1767 ht mentioned the assiduity with which the French ambassador was courting him, and he added : ' I fancy that intriguing nation would like very well...colonies ; but I hope we shall give them no opportunity.' 1 In his confidential correspondence with American politicians, he constantly advocated moderation... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1899 - 554 Seiten
...invited me to dine with him, was very inquisitive, treated me with great civility, makes me visits, &c. I fancy that intriguing nation would like very well...colonies ; but I hope we shall give them no opportunity." . Not quite ten years after this was written, Franklin was sailing across the Atlantic, one of three... | |
 | Laura Charlotte Sheldon - 1900 - 118 Seiten
...attentions. Franklin suspected a hidden motive for these civilities. " I fancy," he wrote to his son, " that intriguing nation would like very well to meddle on occasion, and blow up the coals between Great Britain and her Colonies, but I hope we shall give them no opportunity." ' Durand gathered from... | |
 | Laura Charlotte Sheldon - 1900 - 144 Seiten
...attentions. Franklin suspected a hidden motive for these civilities. "I fancy," he wrote to his son, " that intriguing nation would like very well to meddle on occasion, and blow up the coals between Great Britain and her Colonies, but I hope we shall give them no opportunity." * Durand gathered from... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 580 Seiten
...invited me to dine with him, was very inquisitive, treated me with great civility, makes me visits, &c. I fancy that intriguing nation would like very well...Pringle. We propose to visit Paris. Durand has given me letters of recommendation to the Lord knows who. I am told I shall meet with great respect there;... | |
 | Alfred Maurice Low - 1911 - 630 Seiten
...attentions shown him by the French ambassador. "I fancy that intriguing nation," he writes, in 1767, "would like very well to meddle on occasion, and blow...and her colonies; but I hope we shall give them no opportunity."3 Heretofore the colonists had been left to themselves to concert measures for their defense... | |
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I fancy that intriguing nation would like very well to meddle on occasion, and blow up the coals between Britain and her colonies; but I hope we shall give them no opportunity. 
