It will be very agreeable to me: indeed nothing bas ever hurt me so much, and affected me with such keen sensations, as to find myself deserted in my old age by my only son ; and not only deserted, but to find him taking up arms against me in a cause,... The Gentleman's Magazine - 第 136 頁1815完整檢視 - 關於此書
| William Cabell Bruce - 1917 - 560 頁
...Intercourse, that formerly existed between us. It will be very agreeable to me; indeed nothing has ever hurt me so much and affected me with such keen...my good Fame, Fortune and Life were all at Stake." Then with an uncertain touch of the native sense of justice, which was so deeply seated in his breast,... | |
| Sheila L. Skemp - 1990 - 385 頁
...unmoved. His response to his son's proposal was unbending. "Nothing has hurt me so much," he cried, "and affected me with such keen Sensations as to find...my good Fame, Fortune and Life were all at Stake." While he admitted that all mortals were "subject to Errors," he simply could not countenance William's... | |
| Monica McGoldrick - 1997 - 334 頁
...Franklin later wrote: "Nothing has ever hurt me so much and affected me with such keen sensibilities as to find myself deserted in my old age by my only son." The Bettmann Archive ships. Like his father, he had a son out of wedlock and tried to fashion his son... | |
| James Campbell - 1999 - 316 頁
...the result of a particularly emotional period for Franklin, who also admits in it that "nothing has ever hurt me so much and affected me with such keen...find myself deserted in my old Age by my only Son . . ." (W9:252).33 The case of his son points again to the fact that our lives take place as part of... | |
| Dorie McCullough Lawson - 2004 - 338 頁
...by the general's cousin, Lund Washington. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN ". . . nothing has ever hurt me so much and affected me with such keen...me, in a Cause, wherein my good Fame, Fortune and I.ife were all at Stake." Benjamin Franklin's oldest child, William, was illegitimate, but was raised... | |
| Edwin S. Gaustad - 2004 - 145 頁
...visited him nor came to his aid. Many years later, Franklin wrote this to William: "Indeed, nothing has ever hurt me so much and affected me with such keen...old Age by my only Son, and not only deserted but taking up Arms against me, in a Cause wherein my good Fame, Fortune and Life were all at Stake." On... | |
| Gordon S. Wood - 2004 - 330 頁
...wanted William to know how personal the Revolution had been to him. "Indeed," he said, "nothing has ever hurt me so much and affected me with such keen Sensations, as to find my self deserted in my old Age by my only Son; and not only deserted, but to find him taking up Arms... | |
| Stacy Schiff - 2005 - 540 頁
...William's apostasy had caused him infinite pain. It caused him something else as well: "Indeed nothing has ever hurt me so much and affected me with such keen...taking up arms against me, in a cause wherein my good name, fortune and life were all at stake." He could not begrudge William his political convictions.... | |
| Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 514 頁
...that if this season was neglected, it would be like cutting off the spring from the year. Nothing has ever hurt me so much and affected me with such keen...find myself deserted in my old age by my only son, William; and not only deserted, but to find him taking up arms against me in a cause where my good... | |
| Paul M. Zall - 2005 - 330 頁
...affectionate Intercourse, that formerly existed between us. It will be very agreable to me; indeed nothing has ever hurt me so much and affected me with such keen Sensations, as to find myself deserted in 267 my old Age by my only Son; and not only deserted, but to find him taking up Arms against me, in... | |
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