 | Brenda Haugen, Andrew Santella - 2005 - 122 Seiten
...England and that his son 'William remained loyal to the ^British. Of course, the accusations were false. Mr. Strahan, You are a member of Parliament, and one...majority which has doomed my country to destruction. ... Look upon your hands! They are stained with the blood of your relations! You and I were long friends.... | |
 | Brenda Haugen, Andrew Santella - 2005 - 118 Seiten
..."'England and that his son ^William remained loyal to the ^British. Of course, the accusations were false. Mr. Strahan, You are a member of Parliament, and one...majority which has doomed my country to destruction. ... Look upon your hands! They are stained with the blood of your relations! You and I were long friends.... | |
 | Gordon S. Wood - 2006 - 344 Seiten
...suspicion explains the extraordinary letter he wrote in July 1775 to his lifelong English friend William Strahan: "You are a Member of Parliament and one of that Majority which doomed my Country to Destruction. You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People. Look upon... | |
 | Thomas Fleming - 2007 - 196 Seiten
...boiling. He went home and wrote a scorching letter to his friend, William Strahan. Philada July 5, 1775 Mr. Strahan, You are a Member of Parliament,...and murder our People.— Look upon your Hands!— You and I were long Friends:— You are now my Enemy,— and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN After he wrote... | |
 | Tom Lansford, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - 2007 - 116 Seiten
...letter Franklin declares Slrahan his enemy, the two remained friends, as they had been for decades.) Yon are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority...towns, and murder our people. Look upon your hands! 1 They are stained with the blood of your relations! Yon and I were longfriends: You are now my enemy,... | |
 | 1921 - 700 Seiten
...Franklin's letter to Strahan, dated Philadelphia, July 5, 1775, will also be thrown on the screen. It reads: "Mr. Strahan, You are a Member of Parliament, and...hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relational You and I were long friends — yon are now my enemy — and I am, Yours, B. Franklin."... | |
 | Charles Lowe, Henry Wilder Foote, John Hopkins Morison, Henry H. Barber, Joseph Henry Allen, James De Normandie - 1887 - 602 Seiten
...56) may be cited here, as showing this spirit : — PHILADELPHIA, July 5, 1775. MR. STRAHAM : Sir.— You are a member of Parliament, and one of that Majority...our People. Look upon your Hands. They are stained of your Relatives. You and I were long Friends. You are now my Enemy, and I am yours. B. FRANKLIN.... | |
 | 1938 - 396 Seiten
...His formality was a reproach, as his first sentence was. "You are a member of Parliament," he began, "and one of that majority which has doomed my country...have begun to burn our towns and murder our people." Suddenly Franklin's strong feeling rose to a bitter image. "Look upon your hands! They are stained... | |
 | W[illiam] D[ouglas]. Cox - 1897 - 212 Seiten
...(Pope.) (III). Wit combined with sarcasm ; " Mr. Strahan. You are a member of Parliament, and one of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction....have begun to burn our towns and murder our people You and I were lon^ friends. You are now my enemy — and I am Yours, E. Franklin." (IV). A punning... | |
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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 signed with the blood of your relations. You... 
