I had not firmness enough to resist the unanimous desire of my country folks ; and I find myself harnessed again in their service for another year. They engrossed the prime of my life. They have eaten my flesh, and seem resolved now to pick my bones. Benjamin Franklin - Página 397por John Torrey Morse - 1889 - 428 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John McVickar - 1822 - 260 páginas
...enough to resist the unanimous desire of my country folks, and I find myself harnessed again in the service for another year. They engrossed the prime...my flesh, and seem resolved now to pick my bones. You are right in supposing that I interest myself in every thing that affects you and yours. Sympathizing... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 896 páginas
...right, as you observe, to expect repose ; and it was my intention to avoid all public business. But I had not firmness enough to resist the unanimous...my flesh, and seem resolved now to pick my bones. You are right in supposing, that I interest myself in every thing that affects you and yours, sympathizing... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 572 páginas
...right, as you observe, to expect repose ; and it was my intention to avoid all public business. But I had not firmness enough to resist the unanimous...life. They have eaten my flesh, and seem resolved now \o pick my bones. You are right in supposing, that I interest myself in every thing that affects you... | |
| James Parton - 1864 - 728 páginas
...man values the esteem of his countrymen. " I had not firmness enough," he wrote to an old friend, " to resist the unanimous desire of my country folks...my flesh, and seem resolved now to pick my bones." The election lay with the Executive Council and the Assembly, seventy-seven votes in all ; of which... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 556 páginas
...right, as you observe, to expect repose ; and it was my intention to avoid all public business. But I had not firmness enough to resist the unanimous...my flesh, and seem resolved now to pick my bones. You are right in supposing, that I interest myself in every thing that affects you and yours, sympathizing... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 796 páginas
...right, as you observe, to expect repose ; and it was my intention to avoid all public business. But I had not firmness enough to resist the unanimous...my flesh, and seem resolved now to pick my bones. You are right in supposing, that I interest myself in every thing that affects you and yours, sympathizing... | |
| Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 páginas
...in England, "some right to expect repose; and it was my intention to avoid all public business. But I had not firmness enough to resist the unanimous...my flesh, and seem resolved now to pick my bones." This had immediate reference to his appointment as President of Pennsylvania. But yet more responsible... | |
| John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1876 - 394 páginas
...wrote to a friend, " I had not firmness «|>ough to resist the unanimous desire of my country folk ; and I find myself harnessed again in their service...my flesh and seem resolved now to pick my bones." Soon after he was elected President, or as we should now say, Governor of Pennsylvania. The vote rested... | |
| John Stevens C. Abbott - 1879 - 418 páginas
...wrote to a friend, " I had not firmness enough to resist the unanimous desire of my country folk ; and I find myself harnessed again in their service...my flesh and seem resolved now to pick my bones." Soon after he was elected President, or as we should now say, Governor of Pennsylvania. The vote rested... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1884 - 558 páginas
...myself harnessed again in their service for another year. They engrossed the prime of my life. 343 They have eaten my flesh, and seem resolved now to pick my bones. You are right in supposing, that I interest myself in every thing that affects you and yours, sympathizing... | |
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