The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen 10Macmillan, 1907 |
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... Congress and presented , under the direction of the President of the United States , to the Republic of France . In Paris a statue of Franklin , the gift of Mr. John H. Harjes , was unveiled at the entrance into the Place du Trocadéro ...
... Congress and presented , under the direction of the President of the United States , to the Republic of France . In Paris a statue of Franklin , the gift of Mr. John H. Harjes , was unveiled at the entrance into the Place du Trocadéro ...
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... Congress to execute a statue of General Washington . One of his busts of Franklin was given to Sir Edward Newenham , another to M. Le Roy , and one was taken to Spain by Carmichael . Houdon also made his bust of Franklin gratuitously ...
... Congress to execute a statue of General Washington . One of his busts of Franklin was given to Sir Edward Newenham , another to M. Le Roy , and one was taken to Spain by Carmichael . Houdon also made his bust of Franklin gratuitously ...
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... Congress his entire avail- able fortune , between three and four thousand pounds . It is a pleasure to add to the list of those to whom at the beginning of this work I confessed my obligations the name of M. Lionel de Crèvecœur , who ...
... Congress his entire avail- able fortune , between three and four thousand pounds . It is a pleasure to add to the list of those to whom at the beginning of this work I confessed my obligations the name of M. Lionel de Crèvecœur , who ...
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... Congress from Maryland . The first Congress under the new Constitution had recently convened in New York . In March , 1776 , Dr. Franklin and Mr. Carroll had been joint commissioners , appointed by the Continental Congress with ...
... Congress from Maryland . The first Congress under the new Constitution had recently convened in New York . In March , 1776 , Dr. Franklin and Mr. Carroll had been joint commissioners , appointed by the Continental Congress with ...
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... Congress from Maryland . The first Congress under the new Constitution had recently convened in New York . In March , 1776 , Dr. Franklin and Mr. Carroll had been joint commissioners , appointed by the Continental Congress with ...
... Congress from Maryland . The first Congress under the new Constitution had recently convened in New York . In March , 1776 , Dr. Franklin and Mr. Carroll had been joint commissioners , appointed by the Continental Congress with ...
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Página 168 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
Página 45 - SAVAGES we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs. Perhaps if we could examine the manners of different nations with impartiality we should find no people so rude as to be without any rules of politeness, or none so polite as not to have some remains of rudeness.
Página 25 - She was going to a brook to drink, and in her way was to pass thro' a hedge, a twig of which opposed her direct course; one head chose to go on the right side of the twig, the other on the left; so that time was spent in the contest, and, before the decision was completed, the poor snake died with thirst.
Página 90 - 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 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.
Página 50 - Canassetego, an old acquaintance, who embraced him, spread furs for him to sit on, and placed before him some boiled beans and venison, and mixed some rum and water for his drink. When he was well refreshed, and had lit his pipe...
Página 177 - Britain, at the expense of three millions, has killed one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign — which is twenty thousand pounds a head; and at Bunker's Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she lost again by our taking post on Ploughed Hill. During the same time ,wjv sixty thousand children have been born in America. From these data, his mathematical head will easily calculate the •••• ' time and expense necessary to kill us all, and conquer our whole territory.
Página 185 - I am old and good for nothing, but as the storekeepers say of their remnants of cloth, 'I am but a fag end, and you may have me for what you please.
Página 17 - For my own personal ease, I should have died two years ago ; but, though those years have been spent in excruciating pain, I am pleased that I have lived them, since they have brought me to see our present situation.
Página 25 - 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.
Página 51 - So I thought to myself, since I cannot do any business to-day, I may as well go to the meeting too, and I went with him. There stood up a man in black, and began to talk to the people very angrily. I did not understand what he said; but perceiving that he looked much at me, and at Hanson, I imagined...