 They joined in desiring him to speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows; "Friends," says he, and neighbours, "the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the Government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more...  Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged - Seite 194herausgegeben von - 1780Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Godfrey Golding - 1873 - 348 Seiten
...round him, he proceeded as follows : — " ' Friends, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed... | |
 | Illustrated anecdotes, T. B. S. - 1874 - 228 Seiten
...The Heaviest Taxes. " THE taxes are indeed heavy," said Dr. Franklin on one occasion, "and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 Seiten
...United States. He died in 1790. 1. FBIENDS and neighbours, the taxes are indeed very heavy; and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice... | |
 | 1870 - 684 Seiten
...round him, he proceeded as follows : Friends, says he, the taxes are indeed very heavy and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them, but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1875 - 408 Seiten
...Franklin, with his shrewd common sense, observed, " The taxes are indeed very heavy ; and if those laid on by the Government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed... | |
 | 1875 - 380 Seiten
...waiting God's time. | HE taxes are indeed heavy," said Dr. Franklin, on one occasion, "and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of Сада, us. We... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 Seiten
...as follows : " ' Friends,' says he, ' and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 318 Seiten
...bad. Franklin, with his shrewd common sense, observed: "The taxes are indeed very heavy ; and if those laid on by the Government were the only ones we had to pay, we might morfe easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are... | |
 | Charles Joseph Sherwill Dawe - 1877 - 392 Seiten
...he proceeded as follows : — " Friends," said he, " the taxes are indeed very heavy, and, if those laid on by the Government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed... | |
 | Godfrey Golding - 1877 - 268 Seiten
...round him, he proceeded as follows : — " ' Friends, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed... | |
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