 | Early English newspapers - 1871 - 768 pages
...wrote : " 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...are now my enemy, and I am yours. — B. FRANKLIN." Connected with that branch of wit that ranges under the denomination of punning, one feature may be... | |
 | English periodicals - 1871 - 780 pages
...Parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to bum our towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands...are now my enemy, and I am yours. — B. FRANKLIN." Connected with that branch of wit that ranges under the denomination of punning, one feature may be... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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
...nd Another Example* — "You are a member of Parliament, and one of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to 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 - 566 pages
...Phiiadci- *ou are a member of Parliament, and one phia, 5 July, of that majority, which has doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our...long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am, yours. To Joseph The Congress met at a time when all minds ted'phliadei- were so exasperated by the perfidy... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 768 pages
...Phi! adJi- You are a member of Parliament, and one phia, 5 July, of that majority, which has doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our...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... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 656 pages
...— " Mr. Strahan, — You are a member of parliament, and are of that majority which has doomed mj country to destruction. You have begun to burn our...your hands; they are stained with the blood of your relatives ! You aaJ I were long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I SL: yours, "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN."... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1875 - 542 pages
...July, 1775. " 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...our people. Look upon your hands : they are stained loith the blood of your relations ! You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am yours,... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1875 - 558 pages
...murder our people. Look ulion your hands : they are ttaiurd with the blood of your relations ! Yon and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am yours, " B. FRANKLIN." 1 The struggle in Mexico against the United States, and that of our lathers against England, have their... | |
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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... 
