 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
 | Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 514 páginas
...desire of my country-folks, and I was plung'd again into public business as deep as ever. They engross'd the prime of my life: they have eaten my flesh and seem resolv'd now to pick my bones. (When I inform'd good friend Dr. Cooper that I was order'd to France... | |
 | Joyce E. Chaplin - 2006 - 440 páginas
...public business." Pennsylvanians had other plans. "I find myself harnessed again in their service. . . . They engrossed the prime of my life. They have eaten my flesh, and seem resolved now to pick my bones."45 And most of them ignored his strong suit, natural philosophy. As Franklin himself had predicted,... | |
 | Joyce Chaplin - 2007 - 434 páginas
...public business." Pennsylvanians had other plans. "I find myself harnessed again in their service. . . . They engrossed the prime of my life. They have eaten...my flesh, and seem resolved now to pick my bones." 45 And most of them ignored his strong suit, natural philosophy. As Franklin himself had predicted,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2007 - 513 páginas
...desire of my country-folks, and I was plung'd again into public business as deep as ever. They engross'd the prime of my life: they have eaten my flesh and seem resolv'd now to pick my bones. (When I inform'd good friend Dr. Cooper that I was order'd to France... | |
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