Benjamin FranklinHoughton Mifflin, 1889 - 428 עמודים |
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... opinion . Mr. Parton has given us such an admi- rable biography , so exhaustive and so remarkably happy in setting the real man vividly before the reader , that I feel that I must give something be- tween a reason and an apology for the ...
... opinion . Mr. Parton has given us such an admi- rable biography , so exhaustive and so remarkably happy in setting the real man vividly before the reader , that I feel that I must give something be- tween a reason and an apology for the ...
עמוד 27
... opinion both of morality and your brother . " In 1756 he wrote to a friend : - " He that for giving a draught of water to a thirsty person should expect to be paid with a good plantation , would be modest in his demands compared with ...
... opinion both of morality and your brother . " In 1756 he wrote to a friend : - " He that for giving a draught of water to a thirsty person should expect to be paid with a good plantation , would be modest in his demands compared with ...
עמוד 33
... opinion that it was a practicable scheme . " One hardly reads it with- out a smile nowadays , but it was not so out of keep- ing with the spirit and habits of those times . It in- dicates at least Franklin's appreciation of the power of ...
... opinion that it was a practicable scheme . " One hardly reads it with- out a smile nowadays , but it was not so out of keep- ing with the spirit and habits of those times . It in- dicates at least Franklin's appreciation of the power of ...
עמוד 34
... opinion upon particular occasions . " When Franklin became interested in any matter , he had but to introduce it before the Junto for discussion ; straightway each member who belonged to any one of the other societies brought it up in ...
... opinion upon particular occasions . " When Franklin became interested in any matter , he had but to introduce it before the Junto for discussion ; straightway each member who belonged to any one of the other societies brought it up in ...
עמוד 69
... opinion that no injury would be done to the proprietary estate in the execution of the act . I said : Certainly . ' Then , ' says he , ' you can have little objection to enter into an engagement to assure that point . ' I answered ...
... opinion that no injury would be done to the proprietary estate in the execution of the act . I said : Certainly . ' Then , ' says he , ' you can have little objection to enter into an engagement to assure that point . ' I answered ...
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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.