 I am very sorry, that you intend soon to leave our hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, &c. ; but you are the first philosopher, and indeed the first great man of letters for whom we are beholden to her.  Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and the Representation of American Culture - Page 152redigeeritud poolt - 1993 - 240 lehteLimited preview - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1838 - 632 lehte
...hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, &c. ; but you are the first philosopher, and indeed the first great man of letters for whom we are beholden to her. It is our own fault, that we have not kept him ; whence it appears, that we do not agree with... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 lehte
...hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, &c. ; but you are the first philosopher, and indeed the first great man of letters, for whom we are beholden to her. It is our own fault, that we have not kept him ; whence it appears, that we do not agree with... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 522 lehte
...our hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, indigo, &c. ; but you are the first philosopher, and indeed the first great man of letters, for whom we are beholden to her. It is our own fault that we have not kept him ; whence it appears that we do not agree with Solomon,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 lehte
...hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, &-c. ; but you are the first philosopher, and indeed the first great man of letters, for whom we are beholden to her. It is our own fault, that we have not kept him ; whence it appears, that we do not agree with... | |
 | John Stanley (printer.) - 1849 - 178 lehte
...hemisphere. America has sent us many good things,—gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, &c., but yon are the first philosopher, and indeed the first great man of letters for whom we are beholden to her. It is our own fault that we have not kept him; whence it appears that we do not agree with Solomon,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 lehte
...America has sent us many good things,— gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo (?), &c.; but you are the first philosopher, and, indeed., the first great man of letters, for whom we are beholden to her." During a second visit to Scotland, in 1771, Franklin passed some three weeks in Edinburgh, during... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1857 - 578 lehte
...hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, &c.; but you are the first philosopher, and indeed the first great man of letters for whom we are beholden to her." And most justly did Sir Humphrey Davy say of him at a later day — "He has in no instance exhibited... | |
 | Perseverance - 1862 - 310 lehte
...hemisphere. America has sent us many good thiugs, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, &c., but you are the first philosopher, and, indeed, the first great man of letters, for whom we are beholden to her." On his return to Philadelphia he received the thanks of the Assembly for his many services to... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - 1866 - 270 lehte
...America .has sent us many good things, — gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo (7), &c. ; but ^ou are the first philosopher, and, indeed, the first great man of letters, for whom we are beholden to her." During a second visit to Scotland, in 1771, Franklin passed some three weeks in Edinburgh, during... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 748 lehte
...hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, &c. ; but you are the first philosopher, and, indeed, the first great man of letters for whom we are beholden to her." And most justly did Sir Humphrey Davy say of him at a later day, — " He has in no instance... | |
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