Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 2Mason Brothers, 1864 |
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Pagina 15
... nature , nor avoid coveting his place ; and , consequently , his letters to Boston contain high encomiums upon the conduct and character of Franklin , as well as the most gross and scan- dalous insinuations respecting his motives . At ...
... nature , nor avoid coveting his place ; and , consequently , his letters to Boston contain high encomiums upon the conduct and character of Franklin , as well as the most gross and scan- dalous insinuations respecting his motives . At ...
Pagina 20
... natural bent of my mind was to science . I had some turn , and I believe some talent for poetry ; but this I rather repressed than encouraged , as leading too much into the field of imagination . As soon as I was able , I purchased a ...
... natural bent of my mind was to science . I had some turn , and I believe some talent for poetry ; but this I rather repressed than encouraged , as leading too much into the field of imagination . As soon as I was able , I purchased a ...
Pagina 39
... nature ! I found it harder to stand this extravagant compliment than the preceding equally extravagant abuse ; but kept as well as I could an unconcerned countenance , as not conceiving it to relate to me . " To hear so many of these ...
... nature ! I found it harder to stand this extravagant compliment than the preceding equally extravagant abuse ; but kept as well as I could an unconcerned countenance , as not conceiving it to relate to me . " To hear so many of these ...
Pagina 41
... nature , and good inten- tions , and all in high degree , and yet lack firmness of purpose , he is of no avail in the strife of Right against Wrong . The un- flinching king , whose inferior endowments made him the natural foe of freedom ...
... nature , and good inten- tions , and all in high degree , and yet lack firmness of purpose , he is of no avail in the strife of Right against Wrong . The un- flinching king , whose inferior endowments made him the natural foe of freedom ...
Pagina 47
... nature , that I could not freely confide to her prudence : which was truth ; for I had not conceived a higher opinion of the discretion and excellent un- derstanding of any woman on so short an acquaintance . I added , that , though I ...
... nature , that I could not freely confide to her prudence : which was truth ; for I had not conceived a higher opinion of the discretion and excellent un- derstanding of any woman on so short an acquaintance . I added , that , though I ...
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Abbé Morellet affairs alliance America answer appears appointed army arrival Arthur Lee asked Beaumarchais Benjamin Franklin Bon Homme Richard Boston Britain British Captain cause character colonies commissioners committee conduct Congress conversation Count de Vergennes court desired dispatches embassador England English envoys Europe expressed favor France French friends gave gentleman Gerard give hand honor hope hundred Izard John Adams king king's letter liberty lived London Lord North Lord Shelburne Lord Stormont ment mind minister ministry Nantes nation negotiation never occasion officers opinion Oswald paper Paris Parliament Passy peace Pennsylvania person Philadelphia political pounds present proposed Ralph Izard received replied respect secret sent Serapis ship Silas Deane soon thing thought thousand tion tory treaty troops United Versailles whole William William Temple Franklin wish wrote young
Populaire passages
Pagina 654 - But nature makes that mean; so over that art, Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race. This is an art Which does mend nature — change it rather; but The art itself is nature.
Pagina 574 - I have lived, Sir, a long time ; and, the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Pagina 68 - Straits — while we are looking for them beneath the Arctic Circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold — that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen Serpent of the south. Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry.
Pagina 413 - The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter.
Pagina 34 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract ; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts ; they must be repealed — you will repeal them ; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it — I will consent to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed.
Pagina 604 - Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," etc., issued the following letter: — "AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. " From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes unla-wfully held in Bondage.
Pagina 500 - The navigation of the river Mississippi from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.
Pagina 581 - Whilst the last members were signing, Dr. FRANKLIN, looking towards the president's chair, at the back of which a rising sun happened to be painted, observed to a few members near him, that painters had found it difficult to distinguish, in their art, a rising from a setting sun. "I have," said he, "often and often, in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the president, without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting...
Pagina 574 - I also believe, that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel : we shall be divided by our little partial local interests, our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by-word down to future ages.
Pagina 68 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south.