| Richard N. Rosenfeld - 1998 - 1012 pàgines
...so totally different that it is impossible for any Minister to please both . . . But . . . I cannot imagine that he mistakes the sentiments of a few for a general opinion . . .IJ"John Adams will write: Dr. franklin's "reluctance" upon this occasion, I believe, was not implicitly... | |
| Walter Isaacson - 2005 - 576 pàgines
...what he thinks will best please the people of America: but when I consider the expressions of Congress in many of their public acts, and particularly in...procure what advantages I can for our country, by endeavoring to please this court; and I wish I could prevent anything being said by any of our countrymen... | |
| Lester C. Olson - 2004 - 350 pàgines
...left him vulnerable to being considered too French. Yet, in 1780, Franklin was in a position to add, "I cannot but imagine that he mistakes the Sentiments of a few for a general Opinion." Franklin then alluded to a recent letter in which the Congress had expressed its gratitude for the... | |
| Stacy Schiff - 2005 - 540 pàgines
...representatives of great powers, who assuredly will not yield either to the tone or to the logic of Mr. Adams." stay here, to procure what advantages I can for our country, by endeavoring to please this court." That statement stood too as an effective means of heading off the... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 2006 - 317 pàgines
...May last [specifically expressing "the grateful Sense Congress entertain" of the king's assistance], I cannot but imagine that he mistakes the Sentiments...endeavouring to please this Court; and I wish I could prevent anything being said by any of our Countrymen here that may have a contrary Effect, and increase an... | |
| 276 pàgines
...Ground, and. that this Court is to be treated with Decency and Delicacy." 8 He added a classic comment : "It is my Intention, while I stay here, to procure what Advantages I can for our Country, by endeavoring to please this Court ; and I wish I could prevent anything being said by any of our Countrymen... | |
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