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" We have had some experience of it — several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences, but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means... "
The literary miscellany: or, Selections and extracts, classical and ... - Page 40
1812
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An Introduction to the Study of Literature: For the Use of Secondary and ...

Edwin Herbert Lewis - American literature - 1899 - 440 pages
...formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runners,...ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable 55 to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, nor kill an enemy,...
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Poor Richard's Almanac

Benjamin Franklin - Almanacs, American - 1900 - 190 pages
...brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces ; they were instructed in all your sciences ; but when they came back to us they were bad runners,...for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors — they were therefore totally good for nothing. We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though...
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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: With Introduction and Notes

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1901 - 296 pages
...brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces ; they were instructed in all your sciences ; but when they came back to us they were bad runners,...living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hun. ger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, nor kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly...
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Canadian Life in Town & Country

Henry James Morgan, Lawrence Johnstone Burpee - Canada - 1905 - 362 pages
...formerly brought up at the colleges of the Northern provinces, they were instructed in all your sciences, but when they came back to us they were bad runners,...hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were, therefore, neither fit for hunters, warriors,...
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Selections from the Writings of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 396 pages
...brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces ; they were instructed in all your sciences ; but when they came back to us they were bad runners,...every means of living in the woods, unable to bear cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, nor kill an enemy, spoke our language...
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The Writings of Benjamin Franklin: 1789-1790

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1907 - 686 pages
...Provinces; they were instructed in all your Scene* when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, i{ of every means of living in the Woods, unable to bear...Hunger, knew neither how to build a Cabin, take a Deer, or kill an Enemy, spoke our Language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for Hunters, Warriors,...
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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 pages
...brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces ; they were instructed in all your sciences ; but when they came back to us they were bad runners,...were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counselors — they were therefore totally good for nothing. We are, however, not the less obliged...
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Preacher and Homiletic Monthly, Volume 67

1914 - 588 pages
...were brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences; but when they came back to us they were bad runners,...were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counselors. They were, therefore, totally good for nothing. We are, however, not the less obliged for...
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The State of Native America: Genocide, Colonization, and Resistance

M. Annette Jaimes - Political Science - 1992 - 482 pages
...formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad Runners,...Hunger, knew neither how to build a Cabin, take a Deer, or kill an Enemy, spoke our Language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for Hunters, Warriors,...
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The Sudbury Valley School Experience

Education - 1992 - 244 pages
...formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences; but. when they came back to us, they were bad runners,...hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors,...
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