The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the author by J. Sparks, Volume 10 |
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... hear that both the device and work- manship of the medal are approved with you , as they have the good fortune to be by the best judges on this side of the water . It has been esteemed a well- timed , as well as a well - merited ...
... hear that both the device and work- manship of the medal are approved with you , as they have the good fortune to be by the best judges on this side of the water . It has been esteemed a well- timed , as well as a well - merited ...
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... hear is ratified . Indeed , we have the ratification of the preliminaries . Mr. Hartley , when he left us , expected to return in three weeks , in order to proceed with us in forming a treaty of commerce . The new commission , that was ...
... hear is ratified . Indeed , we have the ratification of the preliminaries . Mr. Hartley , when he left us , expected to return in three weeks , in order to proceed with us in forming a treaty of commerce . The new commission , that was ...
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... hear of your safe return to your own country , family , and friends , and of the success of your election . It is a pleasing reflection , arising from the contem- plation of our successful struggle , and the manly , spir- ited , and ...
... hear of your safe return to your own country , family , and friends , and of the success of your election . It is a pleasing reflection , arising from the contem- plation of our successful struggle , and the manly , spir- ited , and ...
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... hear little of them from Amer- ica ; and I know that most of the letters , said to come from there with such accounts , are mere London fic- tions . I will consider attentively the proposition above mentioned , against the return of my ...
... hear little of them from Amer- ica ; and I know that most of the letters , said to come from there with such accounts , are mere London fic- tions . I will consider attentively the proposition above mentioned , against the return of my ...
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... hear will stay for the meeting of Parliament , which is to be the 11th instant , and he will not come hither till the re- cess for the Christmas holidays . Mr. Jay went to England about three weeks since on some personal affairs ; and ...
... hear will stay for the meeting of Parliament , which is to be the 11th instant , and he will not come hither till the re- cess for the Christmas holidays . Mr. Jay went to England about three weeks since on some personal affairs ; and ...
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Page 207 - ... 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.
Page 409 - God grant, that not only the love of liberty, but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man, may pervade all the nations of the earth ; so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface, and say, This is my country...
Page 82 - ... debts. In that case, when you meet with another honest man in similar distress you must pay me by lending this sum to him; enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation when he shall be able and shall meet with such another opportunity. I hope it may thus go through many hands before it meets with a knave that will stop its progress.
Page 59 - ... as due to the mandarin himself; on the supposition that it must have been owing to the education, instruction, and good example, afforded him by his parents, that he was rendered capable of serving the public.
Page 408 - Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.* Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, 13 Nov.
Page 11 - I hope it will be lasting, and that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats : for, in my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace.
Page 457 - A True State of the Proceedings in the Parliament of Great Britain, and in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Relative to the Giving and Granting the Money of the People of that Province, and of all America, in the House of Commons, in which they are not represented.
Page 88 - ... be encouraged and promoted by better prospects of success. Let us therefore beware of being lulled into a dangerous security; and of being both enervated and impoverished by luxury; of being weakened by internal contentions and divisions; of being shamefully extravagant in contracting private debts, while we are backward in discharging honorably those of the public ; of neglect in military...
Page 98 - Esquire, President;" and the date supposed to be omitted, perhaps from its not appearing in figures, is nevertheless to be found written in words at length, viz. " this fourteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four," which made the figures unnecessary.
Page 173 - UNDER this marble, or under this sill, Or under this turf, or e'en what they will ; Whatever an heir, or a friend in his stead, Or any good creature shall lay o'er my head, Lies one who ne'er cared, and still cares not a pin What they said, or may say, of the mortal within : But who, living and dying, serene still and free, Trusts in God, that as well as he was, he shall be.