 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 364 trang
...The sexton toll'd the bell.— .Hood. MB. STBAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction....were long friends. You are now my enemy, and I am Tours, B. FRANKLIN. the queerness or singularity of the imagery they employ. When Curran fought his... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 362 trang
...The sexton toll'd the bell.— Hood. MR. STRAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction....stained with the blood of your relations! You and 1 were long friends. You are now ray enemy, and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN. Witticisms not distinctively... | |
 | 1886 - 540 trang
...Basset. He was for years the correspondent of Franklin. It was to him that Franklin wrote in 1775 : " You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority...now my enemy — and I am "Yours, " B. FRANKLIN." It has been supposed that this letter was intended to end the long friendship of which it speaks, and... | |
 | 1886 - 538 trang
...Basset. He was for years the correspondent of Franklin. It was to him that Franklin wrote in 1775 : " You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority...Friends. You are now my enemy — and I am "Yours, " B. FBANKLIN." It has been supposed that this letter was intended to end the long friendship of which it... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 156 trang
...Englishman, a printer, who had been one of his oldest and best friends in London : — " MR. STRAHAN : You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority...long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am yours." To others he wrote in a different strain. Many patriots were uncertain how the contest would end, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 256 trang
...Englishman, a printer, who had been one of his oldest and best friends in London: — " MR. STKAHAN : You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority...long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am yours." To others he wrote in a different strain. Many patriots were uncertain how the contest would end, and... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1886 - 488 trang
...Government toward the colonies. It ran thus : — PHILADELPHIA, July 5, 1775. Mr. STRAHAN, — Sir : You are a member of Parliament, and one of that Majority...your Hands. They are stained with the Blood of your Relatives. You and I were long Friends. You are now my Enemy, and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN. There is... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1886 - 476 trang
...thus : — PHILADELPHIA, July 5, 1775. Mr. STRAHAN, — Sir: You are a member of Parliament, and oue of that Majority which has doomed my country to Destruction....your Hands. They are stained with the Blood of your Relatives. You and I were long Friends. You are now my Enemy, and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN. There is... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 trang
...famous printer of Philadelphia and the King's Printer of London. 'Philad'., Julys, 1775'MR. STRAHAN, 'You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority...now my Enemy, — and ' I am, yours, ' B. FRANKLIN.' When peace was made between the two countries the old friendship was renewed. Ib. iii. 147. ' On this... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 492 trang
...famous printer of Philadelphia and the King's Printer of London. ' Philad'., July 5, 1775. 'MR. STRAHAN, 'You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority...now my Enemy, — and ' I am, yours, ' B. FRANKLIN.' When peace was made between the two countries the old friendship was renewed. Ib. iii. 147. * On this... | |
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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... 
