 | Erastus Otis Haven - English language - 1870 - 396 pages
...one of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You have EXAMPLES OF PAMONOMASIA. 177 begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look...friends. You are now my enemy — and I am " Yours, B. FRANKLIN." The double meaning of "yours" will be immediately perceived. 92. A Characteristic Definition.... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1870 - 556 pages
...In England, Book II.: Prose Works, Vol. I. p. 29. " PHILADELPHIA, 6 July, 1776. " MB. STRAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority which doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look upon... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1870 - 554 pages
...Strahan, of the British Parliament ! " i ' i ! 1 1. u > K i .ri i : \ . 5 July, 1776. " MR. STRAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority which doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look upon... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1871 - 768 pages
...separately." Again : in a letter to an old friend in England, Strahan, the printer, he wrote : " 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." Connected with that branch of wit that ranges under the denomination of punning,... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - 1871 - 396 pages
...of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You have ^EXAMPLES OF PARONOMASIA. 177. begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look...They are stained with the blood of your relations 1 You and I were long friends. You are now my enemy — and I am "Yours, B. FKANKLIN." The double meaning... | |
 | English periodicals - 1871 - 780 pages
...separately." Again : in a letter to an old friend in England, Strahan, the printer, he wrote : " Mr. Strahan, you are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority...doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to bum our towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands ! They are stained with the blood of your... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - English language - 1872 - 398 pages
...murder our people. Look upon your bands ! They are stained with the blood of your relations ! You nnd I were long friends. You are now my enemy — and I am "Yours, B. FBANXLIN." The double meaning of "yours" will be immediately perceived. 92. A Characteristic Definition.... | |
 | John Seely Hart - English language - 1874 - 412 pages
...shall all hang srparately!" ng nd Another Example* — "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 han£s! They are stained with the blood of your relations ! You and I were long friends. You are now... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 562 pages
...friends. To William MR. STRAHAN, ted" Phliadeu You are a member of Parliament, and one phia, 5 July, of that majority, which has doomed my country to destruction....long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am, yours. TO Joseph The Congress met at a time when all minds ted'ph'iiadei- were so exasperated by the perfidy... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 768 pages
...friends. To William MR. STRAHAN, ted* Phi! adJi- You are a member of Parliament, and one phia, 5 July, of that majority, which has doomed my country to destruction....long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am, yours. TO Joseph The Congress met at a time when all minds tea'piiiladei- were so exasperated by the perfidy... | |
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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... 
