Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ. M. Dent & Company, 1910 - 314 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 24
Página xi
... France it was confidently asserted , as early as 1791 , that the Memoirs were to be suppressed because the son and grandson of the great philosopher and statesman were ashamed of his humble beginnings and his homely style . This , of ...
... France it was confidently asserted , as early as 1791 , that the Memoirs were to be suppressed because the son and grandson of the great philosopher and statesman were ashamed of his humble beginnings and his homely style . This , of ...
Página xiii
... France , and had been there from the beginning of the century at least . Not to give all his reasons for so thinking , I will mention two historical facts on which he based . First , it had been in France early in the century ; for Sir ...
... France , and had been there from the beginning of the century at least . Not to give all his reasons for so thinking , I will mention two historical facts on which he based . First , it had been in France early in the century ; for Sir ...
Página 306
... France . The fact that this was but a preliminary treaty , and that it definitely con- cluded nothing , did not lessen the extreme peculiarity , to employ a mild phrase , of the course taken by the American commissioners . But it ...
... France . The fact that this was but a preliminary treaty , and that it definitely con- cluded nothing , did not lessen the extreme peculiarity , to employ a mild phrase , of the course taken by the American commissioners . But it ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance Adams affairs afterwards America appointed arriv'd Art of Virtue Arthur Lee Assembly attend Autobiography began Benjamin Franklin Boston British brother brought captain character CHIG colonies colonists Comte de Vergennes Congress continu'd continued dispute Dr Franklin Ecton employ'd England English father favour France French friends gave give good-natur'd Government governor hands honour Indians instructions interest John Adams Keimer King letters lived London Lord Lord Loudoun means ment mind never occasion opinion pamphlet paper Paxton Boy Penn Pennsylvania perhaps person Phila Philadelphia pounds printed printer printing-house propos'd proposed proprietaries province Quakers reason receiv'd respect RSITY sail sect seems sent ship Silas Deane soon Stamp Act street Temple Franklin things thought thro tion took treaty UNIV Veillard virtue waggons whole words writing wrote young