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... look at this brief , trenchant letter written by Benjamin Frank- lin to his one time good friend and publisher in London soon after the Revolution began . It is a masterpiece of startling truths expressed in faultless English with ...
... look at this brief , trenchant letter written by Benjamin Frank- lin to his one time good friend and publisher in London soon after the Revolution began . It is a masterpiece of startling truths expressed in faultless English with ...
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... Look upon my house , then , gentlemen , from henceforward as the chief of all useful operations to you in Europe , and my person as one of the most zealous partisans of your cause , the soul of your success , and a man most deeply ...
... Look upon my house , then , gentlemen , from henceforward as the chief of all useful operations to you in Europe , and my person as one of the most zealous partisans of your cause , the soul of your success , and a man most deeply ...
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Edward Boykin. eyes ) her once bright red stripes look like bloody gashes on the face of heaven . I look now upon my early admiration of her glories as a dream . My love ( as things stand to - day ) is for the South alone . Nor do I deem ...
Edward Boykin. eyes ) her once bright red stripes look like bloody gashes on the face of heaven . I look now upon my early admiration of her glories as a dream . My love ( as things stand to - day ) is for the South alone . Nor do I deem ...
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George Washington writes his wife of his selection as Com | 3 |
refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
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