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Pagina 18
... your appointment . I hope soon to return the com- pliment by informing you of my demission . I find the various employments of merchant , banker , judge of admi- ralty , consul , & c . & c . 18 [ ÆT . 75 . DUTIES ON EXPORTS .
... your appointment . I hope soon to return the com- pliment by informing you of my demission . I find the various employments of merchant , banker , judge of admi- ralty , consul , & c . & c . 18 [ ÆT . 75 . DUTIES ON EXPORTS .
Pagina 28
... soon be set at liberty in England by the cartel for the exchange of prisoners . In the mean time , if five louis - d'ors may be of present service to you , please to draw on me for that sum , and your bill shall be paid on sight . Some ...
... soon be set at liberty in England by the cartel for the exchange of prisoners . In the mean time , if five louis - d'ors may be of present service to you , please to draw on me for that sum , and your bill shall be paid on sight . Some ...
Pagina 30
... soon be ap- pointed for this kingdom ; it would ease me of abundance of troublesome business , to which I am not equal , and which interferes with my own important functions . Το John I have never known a peace made , even the Adams ...
... soon be ap- pointed for this kingdom ; it would ease me of abundance of troublesome business , to which I am not equal , and which interferes with my own important functions . Το John I have never known a peace made , even the Adams ...
Pagina 32
... soon expect his answer . The late practice of sending to England . prisoners taken in America has greatly augmented the num- ber of those unfortunate men , and proportionally increased the expense of relieving them . The subscriptions ...
... soon expect his answer . The late practice of sending to England . prisoners taken in America has greatly augmented the num- ber of those unfortunate men , and proportionally increased the expense of relieving them . The subscriptions ...
Pagina 41
... soon come here , and be ready to join us , if there should be any negotiations for peace . In England they are mad for a separate one with us , that they may more effectually take revenge on France and Spain . I have had several ...
... soon come here , and be ready to join us , if there should be any negotiations for peace . In England they are mad for a separate one with us , that they may more effectually take revenge on France and Spain . I have had several ...
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Pagina 261 - I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, "You are young, and have the world before you ; STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.
Pagina 490 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Pagina 40 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war.
Pagina 387 - MR. PRESIDENT, The small progress we have made, after four or five weeks' close attendance and continual reasonings with each other, our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many Noes as Ayes, is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running all about in search of it.
Pagina 261 - Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Pagina 320 - The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments ' and other rites and ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches ; and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.
Pagina 470 - I Benjamin Franklin, of Philadelphia, Printer, late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of France, now President of the State of Pennsylvania, do make and declare my last Will and Testament as follows.
Pagina 96 - And the next day I received the following answer. FROM COUNT DE VERGENNES TO B. FRANKLIN. Translation. " Versailles, 5 May, 1782. "SIR, " I have received the letter, which you did me the honor to write to me the 4th instant, as also those which accompanied it.
Pagina 365 - ... and may prevail with some readers, you will not succeed so as to change the general sentiments of mankind on that subject, and the consequence of printing this piece will be a great deal of odium drawn upon yourself, mischief to you, and no benefit to others. He that spits against the wind, spits in his own face.
Pagina 388 - I have lived, sir, a long time ; and the longer I live. the more convincing proofs I see of this truth : That GOD goverra in the affairs of men ! And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.