The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, 第 8 卷Childs & Peterson, 1840 |
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第 155 頁 - MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
第 184 頁 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
第 430 頁 - I frequently hear the old generals of this martial country, who study the maps of America, and mark upon them all your operations, speak with sincere approbation and great applause of your conduct ; and join in giving you the character of one of the greatest captains of the age.
第 40 頁 - A SPEECH intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charters of the Colony of Massachusett's Bay.
第 510 頁 - We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
第 147 頁 - Colony, for contributing their Proportion to the common Defence, (such Proportion to be raised under the Authority of the General Court or General Assembly of such Province or Colony, and disposable by Parliament) and shall engage to make Provision also for the Support of the civil Government, and the Administration of Justice, in such Province or Colony, it will be proper...
第 156 頁 - I suppose, that we shall never be able to return the outrage in kind. She may doubtless destroy them all ; but, if she wishes to recover our commerce, are these the probable means? She must certainly be distracted ; for no tradesman out of Bedlam ever thought of bcreasbg the number of his customers, by knocking them on the head ; or of enabling them to pay their debts, by burning their houses.
第 170 頁 - An arrow striking in any part of a man puts him hors du combat till it is extracted. 6thly. Bows and arrows are more easily provided everywhere than muskets and ammunition.
第 137 頁 - The bearer, Mr. Thomas Paine, is very well recommended to me, as an ingenious, worthy young man. He goes to Pennsylvania with a view of settling there. • I request you to give him your best advice and countenance, as he is quite a stranger there.
第 418 頁 - ... gravity, and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport. Agriculture may diminish its labor and double its produce: all diseases may by sure means be prevented or cured (not excepting even that of old age), and our lives lengthened at pleasure, eVen beyond the antediluvian standard. O that moral science were in as fair a way of improvement, that men would cease to be wolves to one another, and that human beings would at length learn what they now improperly call humanity ! I am...