 | Benson John Lossing - 1906 - 530 Seiten
...1775, Franklin issued the following to him: "You are a member of Parlia- address to the public: ment, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You Forasmuch as the enemies of America in have begun to burn our towns and murder the Parliament of Great... | |
 | Larkin Dunton, Augustus Hill Kelley - 1911 - 356 Seiten
...life, it may be well worth while to review pages 189 to 213 of Language Lessons. Philadelphia, July 5, 1775. MR. STRAHAN : You are a Member of Parliament,...begun to burn our Towns and murder our People. Look at your Hands ! They are stained with the Blood of your Relations ! You and I were long Friends: —... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1911 - 434 Seiten
...but to human nature." From Philadelphia he wrote this famous letter to his friend Strahan in London : "Mr. Strahan: "You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed our country to destruction. You have begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look upon your... | |
 | Reginald Lucas - 1913 - 436 Seiten
...uncompromising. 1 Stanhope, vii. 251. ! Autobiography, fil. ' Mr. Strachan,' he wrote to an old friend, ' you are a member of Parliament and one of that majority...our people. Look upon your hands. They are stained by the blood of your relations. You and I were long friends. You are now my enemy and I am Yours B.... | |
 | Reginald Lucas - 1913 - 436 Seiten
...uncompromising. 1 Stanhope, vii. 251. 8 Autobiography, fll. 228 ' Mr. Strachan,' he wrote to an old friend, ' you are a member of Parliament and one of that majority...our people. Look upon your hands. They are stained by the blood of your relations. You and I were long friends. You are now my enemy and I am Yours B.... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1915 - 436 Seiten
...conveyed in a letter of grim, and for him rather heavy-handed, raillery.1 Charles » "Philadelphia : 5th July, 1775. " Mr. Strahan, — You are a member of...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.... | |
 | Albert William Mann - 1917 - 610 Seiten
...be not wholly serious) from Franklin to Strahan, eighteen years afterwards : Philadelphia, July 5, 1775. Mr. Strahan : You are a member of Parliament and one of that majority which doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our homes and murder our people. Look upon... | |
 | Jay Fliegelman - 1993 - 296 Seiten
...second and third are personalized, and insofar as they beg the question of actual agency, figurative: "You have begun to burn our Towns and murder our People. Look upon your hands!" To authorize a deed is to commit it. Add to this the fact that, as the most recent editor of the letter... | |
 | Nian-Sheng Huang - 1994 - 304 Seiten
...an Age (New York, 1955). 166-80, 2jj8n. Mr, Strahan, You are a Member of Parliament, and one of the Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction....burn our Towns and murder our People. Look upon your Handsl They are stained with the Blood of your Relationsl You and I were long Friends: You are now... | |
 | Gordon S. Wood - 2004 - 330 Seiten
...the bizarre letter Franklin wrote on July 5, 1775, to his lifelong English friend William Strahan. Mr. Strahan, You are a Member of Parliament and one...Look upon your Hands! They are stained with the Blood ot your Relations! You and I were long Friends: You are now my Enemy, and I am, Yours, B. Franklin... | |
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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... 
