Benjamin FranklinHoughton Mifflin, 1889 - 428 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 45
עמוד 5
... ment elsewhere in the town . Besides this , other matters also harassed him . It gives an idea of the scale of things in the little settlement , and of the serious way in which life was taken even at its out- set , to hear that this ...
... ment elsewhere in the town . Besides this , other matters also harassed him . It gives an idea of the scale of things in the little settlement , and of the serious way in which life was taken even at its out- set , to hear that this ...
עמוד 6
... ment to his journeyman , " star'd like a pig poi- son'd . " Over the genial glasses the governor pro- posed that Franklin should set up for himself , and promised his own influence to secure for him the public printing . Later he wrote ...
... ment to his journeyman , " star'd like a pig poi- son'd . " Over the genial glasses the governor pro- posed that Franklin should set up for himself , and promised his own influence to secure for him the public printing . Later he wrote ...
עמוד 19
... ment ; a new period of his life is about to begin ; what had been dangerous and evil in his ways dis- appears ; the breadth , originality , and practical character of his mind are about to show them- selves . He has settled to a steady ...
... ment ; a new period of his life is about to begin ; what had been dangerous and evil in his ways dis- appears ; the breadth , originality , and practical character of his mind are about to show them- selves . He has settled to a steady ...
עמוד 33
... ment and a species of slavery to his creditors . " It is hardly surprising to hear that this was one of the very few failures of Franklin's life . In 1788 he professed himself " still of the opinion that it was a practicable scheme ...
... ment and a species of slavery to his creditors . " It is hardly surprising to hear that this was one of the very few failures of Franklin's life . In 1788 he professed himself " still of the opinion that it was a practicable scheme ...
עמוד 40
... ment that he found there was no such thing as carrying a public - spirited project through , without my being concerned in it . For , ' says he , ' I am often asked by those to whom I propose subscrib- ing , Have you consulted Franklin ...
... ment that he found there was no such thing as carrying a public - spirited project through , without my being concerned in it . For , ' says he , ' I am often asked by those to whom I propose subscrib- ing , Have you consulted Franklin ...
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able affairs afterward agent American appointed arguments Arthur Lee Assembly Bancroft Beaumarchais Benjamin Franklin bills Britain British brought cerning colonies colonists commissioners concerning Congress course court Deane drafts duty enemies England English Englishmen envoys Europe fact feeling felt France Frank Franklin wrote French friends gave Gérard give governor Grenville gress hand Hartley honor independence instructions interest Izard John Adams king knew later less letter Lord Lord North Lord Shelburne Lord Stormont lordship matter ment mind minister ministry mother country nation negotiations ness never once opinion Oswald paper Paris Parliament Parton's patriot Paxton boys peace Philadelphia position prisoners privy council proprietaries Province repeal replied Samuel Adams scheme seemed sent Shelburne ship side Silas Deane soon Spain Stamp Act taxes thought tion took trade treaty Vergennes voted wish
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עמוד 203 - 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 stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
עמוד 405 - I have said he, often and often in the course of the Session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting Sun.
עמוד 36 - That, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours ; and this we should do freely and generously.
עמוד 6 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
עמוד 28 - I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his Divinity; tho...
עמוד 44 - House approved the nomination, and provided the goods for the present, and tho' they did not much like treating out of the provinces; and we met the other commissioners at Albany about the middle of June. In our way thither, I projected and drew a plan for the union of all the colonies under one government, so far as might be necessary for defense and other important general purposes.
עמוד 397 - I had not firmness enough to resist the unanimous desire of my country folks ; and I find myself harnessed again in their service for another year. They engrossed the prime of my life. They have eaten my flesh, and seem resolved now to pick my bones.
עמוד 133 - The very tails of the American sheep are so laden with wool that each has a little car or waggon on four little wheels to support and keep it from trailing on the ground.