The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the War of the Independence...Hunt and Clark, 1826 - 407 pages |
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... liberty . The Massachusetts Assembly , which sat at Boston , took offence at some political remarks in the Courant , and issued a war- rant for the apprehension of the printer . Benjamin Franklin was also apprehended , but dismissed ...
... liberty . The Massachusetts Assembly , which sat at Boston , took offence at some political remarks in the Courant , and issued a war- rant for the apprehension of the printer . Benjamin Franklin was also apprehended , but dismissed ...
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... on his own account , " A short Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity , Pleasure and Pain , " which advanced him in his employer's estima- 23 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN . 29 At the suggestion of the worthy Denham, he re- ...
... on his own account , " A short Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity , Pleasure and Pain , " which advanced him in his employer's estima- 23 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN . 29 At the suggestion of the worthy Denham, he re- ...
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... liberty , food and raiment , for the common benefits of life , for friends and their prosperity , for the fewness of his enemies , & c . To insure the habit of attention to these rules of conduct , he considered it would be best , while ...
... liberty , food and raiment , for the common benefits of life , for friends and their prosperity , for the fewness of his enemies , & c . To insure the habit of attention to these rules of conduct , he considered it would be best , while ...
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... liberty of the press , and that a newspaper , like a stage - coach , should afford a place to all who would pay for it . His an- swer was , that he would furnish copies of the objec- tionable pieces for the private distribution of the ...
... liberty of the press , and that a newspaper , like a stage - coach , should afford a place to all who would pay for it . His an- swer was , that he would furnish copies of the objec- tionable pieces for the private distribution of the ...
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... liberty and property ? Were this union formed - were we once united , thoroughly armed and disciplined - was every thing in our power done for our security , as far as human means and foresight could provide - we might then , with more ...
... liberty and property ? Were this union formed - were we once united , thoroughly armed and disciplined - was every thing in our power done for our security , as far as human means and foresight could provide - we might then , with more ...
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