| Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...desiring him to speak his mind, and, gathering round him, he proceeded as follows : " Friends," says he, " the taxes are, indeed, very heavy, and if those laid...grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by qur idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from these... | |
| Apprentices - 1821 - 156 pages
...102 to speak his mind, and, gathering around him, he proceeded as follows : " Friends," says he, " the taxes are indeed very heavy ; and if those laid...are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from these taxes the commissioners... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...speak his mind, and, gathering round him, he proceeded as follows : " Friends," says he, " the t?ses are, indeed, very heavy, and if those laid on by the...taxed ' twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from these taxes the commissioners... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...round him, he proceeded as follows : " Friends," says he, " the taxes are, indeed, very heavy, mid if those laid on by the government were the only ones...are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by oar pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...desiring him to speak his mind, and, gathering 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 one? \vc had to pay, we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous... | |
| William Pinnock - Readers (Elementary) - 1822 - 252 pages
...him to speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows : 5. " Friends," says he, " the taxes are, indeed, very heavy ; and if those laid...many others, and much more grievous to some of us. 6. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness. three times as much by our pride, and four times as... | |
| Mason Locke Weems - Statesmen - 1822 - 272 pages
...desiring him to speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows: Friends, said he, the taxes are, indeed, very heavy; and, if those laid...the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily disch.-r^e them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice... | |
| 1822 - 588 pages
...plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. The Same. Friends, the taxes are indeed heavy ; tut if those laid on by the Government were the only ones we had to pay, we might easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of as. We are taxed... | |
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