The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as the Official and Scientific Correspondence Together with the Unmutilated and Correct Version of the Autobiography, Volume 7G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1904 - Statesmen |
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... enemies ) , and turning it into a cita- del for awing the town , restraining their trade , blocking up their port , and depriving them of their privileges . That a great deal had been said of their injustice in destroying the tea ; but ...
... enemies ) , and turning it into a cita- del for awing the town , restraining their trade , blocking up their port , and depriving them of their privileges . That a great deal had been said of their injustice in destroying the tea ; but ...
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... enemies , but was a good reason for their insisting that the crown should never erect any hereafter in their limits , without the con- sent of the legislature . The gentlemen had not much to say against this article , but thought it ...
... enemies , but was a good reason for their insisting that the crown should never erect any hereafter in their limits , without the con- sent of the legislature . The gentlemen had not much to say against this article , but thought it ...
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... enemy in serving the public , or , when it was for its interest , with the public in serving that enemy ; these being my sentiments , his lordship might be assured that no private considerations of the kind should prevent my being as ...
... enemy in serving the public , or , when it was for its interest , with the public in serving that enemy ; these being my sentiments , his lordship might be assured that no private considerations of the kind should prevent my being as ...
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... enemies this country had ever known . This drew the eyes of many lords upon me , but as I had no inducement to take it to myself , I kept my countenance as immovable as if my features had been made of wood . Then several other lords of ...
... enemies this country had ever known . This drew the eyes of many lords upon me , but as I had no inducement to take it to myself , I kept my countenance as immovable as if my features had been made of wood . Then several other lords of ...
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... enemy's country was fairer than this , since there an explicit sum was demanded , and the people who were raising it knew what they were about , and when they should have done ; and that , in short , no free people could ever think of ...
... enemy's country was fairer than this , since there an explicit sum was demanded , and the people who were raising it knew what they were about , and when they should have done ; and that , in short , no free people could ever think of ...
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Page 389 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 387 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Page 389 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
Page 70 - 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.
Page 389 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 48 - Massachusetts must suffer all the hazards and mischiefs of war, rather than admit the alteration of their charters and laws by parliament. " They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Page 116 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 389 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Page 56 - Colony, for contributing their proportion to the common defence (such proportion to be raised under the authority...
Page 68 - You know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the sword first.