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... Deane - France prepares for War - Advances made to Franklin by the English Government - His Difficulties with Mr. Lee -Franklin and Voltaire ( 1778 ) 417-434 CHAPTER XV . New Attempts to corrupt the Commissioners - Pickpocket Commerce ...
... Deane - France prepares for War - Advances made to Franklin by the English Government - His Difficulties with Mr. Lee -Franklin and Voltaire ( 1778 ) 417-434 CHAPTER XV . New Attempts to corrupt the Commissioners - Pickpocket Commerce ...
Pàgina 62
... Deane was ordered to consult with him when he came to France ; and he presented Deane to the French minister of foreign affairs . He subsequently translated an edition of the American constitutions , state and federal , into French . In ...
... Deane was ordered to consult with him when he came to France ; and he presented Deane to the French minister of foreign affairs . He subsequently translated an edition of the American constitutions , state and federal , into French . In ...
Pàgina 203
... Deane told me , that , when they met at Paris to sign the treaty between France and America , he purposely put on that suit . " In reference to this account , after it appeared in print , the following par- ticulars were communicated to ...
... Deane told me , that , when they met at Paris to sign the treaty between France and America , he purposely put on that suit . " In reference to this account , after it appeared in print , the following par- ticulars were communicated to ...
Pàgina 204
... Deane ; and soon after , when a messenger came from Versailles , with a letter from Mr. Gerard the French plenipoten- tiary , stating that he was so unwell , from a cold , that he wished to defer coming to Paris to sign the treaties ...
... Deane ; and soon after , when a messenger came from Versailles , with a letter from Mr. Gerard the French plenipoten- tiary , stating that he was so unwell , from a cold , that he wished to defer coming to Paris to sign the treaties ...
Pàgina 371
... Deane , a native of Connecticut , a graduate of Yale College , part lawyer and part merchant , and at this time a member of the Congress , was selected for this mission . He received his instructions , and of the most minute character ...
... Deane , a native of Connecticut , a graduate of Yale College , part lawyer and part merchant , and at this time a member of the Congress , was selected for this mission . He received his instructions , and of the most minute character ...
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Pàgina 343 - 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.
Pàgina 492 - I cried with vexation, and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure. " This, however, was afterwards of use to me, the impression continuing on my mind; so that often, when I was tempted to buy some unnecessary thing, I said to myself, Don't give too much for the whistle ; and I saved my money.
Pàgina 326 - 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...
Pàgina 300 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
Pàgina 493 - I have said to myself, This man gives too much for his whistle. When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too match for his whistle.
Pàgina 173 - Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Pàgina 228 - To the King's Most Excellent Majesty: Most Gracious Sovereign: We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the...
Pàgina 492 - When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.
Pàgina 120 - When those difficult cases occur, they are difficult, chiefly, because, while we have them under consideration, all the reasons pro and con are not present to the mind at the same time ; but sometimes one set present themselves, and at other times another, the first being out of sight.
Pàgina 476 - And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose? Have we not seen at pleasure's lordly call, The smiling long-frequented village fall? Beheld the duteous son, the sire decay'd, The modest matron, and the blushing maid, Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train, To traverse climes beyond the western main; Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around, And Niagara stuns with thund'ring sound?