| Erastus Otis Haven - 1869 - 422 trang
...species of wit. It was as follows : "Ms. STKAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction....friends. You are now my enemy — and I am " Yours, B. FEANKUN." The double meaning of " yours " will be immediately perceived. 92. A Characteristic Definition.... | |
| Erastus Otis Haven - 1869 - 392 trang
...species of wit. It was as follows : "ME. STRAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn oar towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands ! They are stained with the blood of your relations... | |
| Erastus Otis Haven - 1870 - 396 trang
...one of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You have EXAMPLES OF PAMONOMASIA. 177 begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look...are now my enemy — and I am " Yours, B. FRANKLIN." The double meaning of "yours" will be immediately perceived. 92. A Characteristic Definition. — The... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1870 - 554 trang
...Strahan, of the British Parliament ! " i ' i ! 1 1. u > K i .ri i : \ . 5 July, 1776. " MR. STRAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority which doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look upon... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1870 - 556 trang
...In England, Book II.: Prose Works, Vol. I. p. 29. " PHILADELPHIA, 6 July, 1776. " MB. STRAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority which doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look upon... | |
| 1871 - 768 trang
...separately." Again : in a letter to an old friend in England, Strahan, the printer, he wrote : " Mr. Strahan, you are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority...are now my enemy, and I am yours. — B. FRANKLIN." Connected with that branch of wit that ranges under the denomination of punning, one feature may be... | |
| Erastus Otis Haven - 1871 - 396 trang
...of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You have ^EXAMPLES OF PARONOMASIA. 177. begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look...They are stained with the blood of your relations 1 You and I were long friends. You are now my enemy — and I am "Yours, B. FKANKLIN." The double meaning... | |
| 1871 - 780 trang
...separately." Again : in a letter to an old friend in England, Strahan, the printer, he wrote : " Mr. Strahan, you are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority...doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to bum our towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands ! They are stained with the blood of your... | |
| Erastus Otis Haven - 1872 - 398 trang
...murder our people. Look upon your bands ! They are stained with the blood of your relations ! You nnd I were long friends. You are now my enemy — and I am "Yours, B. FBANXLIN." The double meaning of "yours" will be immediately perceived. 92. A Characteristic Definition.... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1874 - 412 trang
...shall all hang srparately!" ng nd Another Example* — "You are a member of Parliament, and one of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction....burn our towns and murder our people. Look upon your han£s! They are stained with the blood of your relations ! You and I were long friends. You are now... | |
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