Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., Volumen2Henry Colburn, 1818 - 541 páginas |
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... ment deserve the title you bestow on me ? You will tell me that we forfeited all our estates by our refusal to pay the taxes your nation would have imposed on us without the consent of our colony parliaments . Have you then forgotten ...
... ment deserve the title you bestow on me ? You will tell me that we forfeited all our estates by our refusal to pay the taxes your nation would have imposed on us without the consent of our colony parliaments . Have you then forgotten ...
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... ment , and obliges me to subscribe myself simply , JOHN PAUL JONES , ' whom you are pleased to style a pirate . Anecdote of Paul Jones . After Jones's crew had landed at Lord Selkirk's , stripped the house of the plate , and taken it on ...
... ment , and obliges me to subscribe myself simply , JOHN PAUL JONES , ' whom you are pleased to style a pirate . Anecdote of Paul Jones . After Jones's crew had landed at Lord Selkirk's , stripped the house of the plate , and taken it on ...
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... ment with respect to foreign affairs , is under con- sideration . I wish to know , whether any notice is likely to be taken in it of my grandson . He has now gone through an apprenticeship of near seven years in the ministerial business ...
... ment with respect to foreign affairs , is under con- sideration . I wish to know , whether any notice is likely to be taken in it of my grandson . He has now gone through an apprenticeship of near seven years in the ministerial business ...
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... ment ; they are , however , no mean consolation to the object of them . Shortly after signing the preliminary articles of peace with Great Britain , Mr. Oswald's functions ceased ; and a change in administration taking place , David ...
... ment ; they are , however , no mean consolation to the object of them . Shortly after signing the preliminary articles of peace with Great Britain , Mr. Oswald's functions ceased ; and a change in administration taking place , David ...
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... ment that it will be the business of the little re- mainder of life now left me , to impress equally on the minds of all my countrymen . My My sincere prayers are , that God may shower down his bless- ings on the King , the Queen ...
... ment that it will be the business of the little re- mainder of life now left me , to impress equally on the minds of all my countrymen . My My sincere prayers are , that God may shower down his bless- ings on the King , the Queen ...
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a-head act of parliament affairs America Andrew Oliver appeared appointed arrival assembly BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Britain British colonies commerce committee congress constitution continued convention Count D'Estaing court declaration duty endeavor England English equal established Europe favor France French friends George Grenville give governor grant honor inhabitants interest island July king land late laws legislature letter liberty Lord Lord Stormont lordship Majesty Majesty's mankind means MEMOIRS ment minister morning nation never night obliged occasion opinion parliament Passy peace Pennsylvania person petition Philadelphia pounds sterling present president proposed province province of Pennsylvania purpose racter received refused respect Sect senate sent Sept ship society South Carolina stadtholder stamp-act suppose thousand pounds tion town trade treaty United votes William Temple Franklin wind