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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... "
The Making of the American Nation: Or, The Rise and Decline of Oligarchy in ... - Stran 257
avtor: J. Arthur Partridge - 1866 - 523 strani
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The Christian Review, Količina 5

1840 - 708 strani
...conceive. Franklin, we think, was incapable of such a pleasantry, and at such a time. "MR. STRAHAN, " You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority...friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am, "Yours, B. FRANKLIN." Such was not the subject, or the style, or the time, in which Franklin could crack jokes....
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Patriots

A. J. Langguth - 1989 - 644 strani
...drafted a short note to one of his closest friends in London, the publisher William Straham: MR. STRAHAM, You are a member of Parliament and one of that majority...long friends. You are now my enemy, and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN Even in outrage, Franklin was prudent. The note was not sent. Because of his prestige,...
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Declaring Independence: Jefferson, Natural Language, and the Culture of ...

Jay Fliegelman - 1993 - 296 strani
...second and third are personalized, and insofar as they beg the question of actual agency, figurative: "You have begun to burn our Towns and murder our People. Look upon your hands!" To authorize a deed is to commit it. Add to this the fact that, as the most recent editor of the letter...
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Benjamin Franklin in American Thought and Culture, 1790-1990

Nian-Sheng Huang - 1994 - 304 strani
...an Age (New York, 1955). 166-80, 2jj8n. Mr, Strahan, 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 Handsl They are stained with the Blood of your Relationsl You and I were long Friends: You are now...
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Between Indian and White Worlds: The Cultural Broker

Margaret Connell Szasz - 2001 - 400 strani
...she gave every congressman a copy. Embossed in red on the cover were the words of Benjamin Franklin: "Look upon your hands! They are stained with the blood of your relations." Although neither Congress nor the public responded with enthusiasm, her condemnation of the country's...
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A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings ...

Helen Hunt Jackson - 1995 - 560 strani
...to each congressman at personal expense. Embossed on the cover were the words of Benjamin Franklin: "Look upon your hands! They are stained with the blood of your relations." Jackson's A Century of Dishonor was above all propaganda for her crusade— by definition it was one-sided....
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The Long Fuse: How England Lost the American Colonies, 1760-1785

Don Cook - 1995 - 446 strani
...none too soon. Two months later, he wrote a caustic letter to William Strahan 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, B. Franklin. But Franklin reconsidered his outburst against an old friend. The letter remained among...
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Understanding Cultures through Their Key Words: English, Russian, Polish ...

Anna Wierzbicka - 1997 - 328 strani
...treated as opposites. For example: Friends are as dangerous as enemies. (Thomas De Quincey, "Essays") You and I were long friends; you are now my enemy and I am Yours, Benjamin Franklin. (Letter to William Strahan) Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain...
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Philosophical Melancholy and Delirium: Hume's Pathology of Philosophy

Donald W. Livingston - 1998 - 462 strani
...seceded from the empire. Upon the beginning of hostilities, Franklin penned these harsh words to Strahan: "You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority...long Friends: You are now my Enemy and I am, Yours." 18 Had the war not occurred, Strahan might well have produced an American edition of the works of his...
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Benjamin Franklin and His Enemies

Robert Middlekauff - 2023 - 292 strani
...cases, convinced Franklin that America faced an unforgiving and relentless tyranny. To Strahan he wrote: You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority...long Friends: You are now my Enemy, and I am, Yours, B. Franklin" Franklin did not retreat from this assessment in the years to come, though he relented...
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