 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 páginas
...follows * : * Friends,' fays he, ' the taxes are, indeed, very heavy; and, if thofe laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more eafily difcharge them : but we have many others, and much more grievous to fome of us. We are taxed... | |
 | 1797 - 522 páginas
...follows, • : ' Friends," fays he, * the taxes are, indes!, very heavy; and, if thofe laid on by th: government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more eafily difcharge ther. : but we have many others, and much more grievous to fome of us. We are tuti... | |
 | 1802 - 348 páginas
...proceeded as follows : " FRIENDS, fays he, the taxes are, indeed, very heavy; and, if thofe laid on by the government, were the only ones we had to pay, we might more eafily difcharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to fome of us. We are taxed... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 72 páginas
...proceeded as l• "Friends," say taxes are indeed v• on by government to pay, we might n hut we have mai; grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much...and four times as much by our folly : and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing any abatement. However, let us hearken... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 78 páginas
...'Friends,' said he, 'and neighbours, the taxes are indeed very heavy ; and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might...discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grevious to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride,... | |
 | Gleaner - 1805 - 426 páginas
...proceeded as follows : 'Friends,' said he, 'the' taxes are, indeed, very heavy; and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might...and four times as much by our folly ; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 páginas
...he, the taxes are, indeed, very heavy,, and, if those laid on by the government were the only ones he had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but...and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However let us hearken... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 590 páginas
...the taxes are, indeed, very heavy, and, if those laid on by the government were the only ones we bad to pay, we might more easily discharge them ; but...and four times as much by our folly ; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken... | |
 | 1811 - 538 páginas
...inquiry, how far they are applicable to ourselves. " The taxes," says he, " are indeed very heavy, but if those laid on by government, were the only ones...and four times as much by our folly, and from these taxes the government cannot deliver us." But it is in our own power, in a great measure, to deliver... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 páginas
...by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might mote easily discharge them ; but we may have many others, and much more grievous to some of...and four times as much by our folly ; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken... | |
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A word to the wise is enough, and many words wont fill a bushel, as Poor Richard says." They joined in desiring him to speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows; "Friends," says he, and neighbours, "the taxes are indeed very heavy,... 
