| Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
...auction of merchants goods. The hour of the fale not being come, they were converfing en the badnefs of the times ; and one of the company called to a...Abraham, what think ' you of the times ? Will not thefe heavy taxes * quite ruin the country ? How (hall we ever be [* Dr. Franklin, as I hare been made... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 614 pages
...auction of merchants goods. The hour of the falc not being come, they were cbnverfing on the badnefs of the times ; and one of the company called to a...Father Abraham, what think you of the times ? Will not thefe heavy taxes quite ruin the country ? How fhall we ever be able to pay them ? What would you advife... | |
| several hands - 1780 - 612 pages
...auction of merchants goods. The hour of the fa le not being come, they were converfing on the badnefs of the times ; and one of the company called to a...Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times I Will not thefe heavy taxes quite ruin the country ? How fhall we ever be able to pay them ? What... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1780 - 612 pages
...merchants goods. The hour of the falc not being come, they were converfing on the badncfs of the times j and one of the company called to a plain, clean Old...Father Abraham, what think you of the times ? Will not thefe heavy taxes quite ruin the country ? How (hall we ever be able to pay them ? What would you advife... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 614 pages
...fale not being come, they were cbnveffing on the badnefs of the times ; and one of the com- . pany called to a plain, clean Old Man, with white locks,...Father Abraham, what think you of the times ? Will not thefe heavy taxes quite ruin the country ? How (hall we ever be able to pay them ? What would you advife... | |
| James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...VOL. I, Q of merchants goods. The hour of fale not being come, they were converfing on the badnefs of the times ; and one of the company called to a...Pray, father Abraham, what think you of the times ? Won't thefe heavy taxes quite ruin the country ? How (hall \ve be ever able to pay them ? What wdSffiTyou... | |
| Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...auction of merchants goods. The hour of 'the (ale not beingcome, tiicy were converting; on the badndi uf the times ; and one of the company called to a plain, clean oM man, with whitie locki. ' Pray, father Abraham, what think you of the times ? Will not thofe heavy... | |
| Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...where a great number of people -were collected at an auction of merchants' goods. The hour of sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of...those, heavy taxes quite ruin the country? How shall we t>e ever able to pay them? What would you advise us to?' Father Abraham stood up, and replied, ' If... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...auflion of merchants' goods. The hour of the fale not being come, they were converfing on the badnefs of the times ; and one of the company called to a...father Abraham, what think you of the times? Will not thofe heavy taxes quite ruin the country ? how fhall we be ever able to pay them ? What would you advife... | |
| Conduct of life - 1802 - 348 pages
...auction of merchant's goods. The hour of the fale not being come, they were converfing on the badnefs of the times ; and one of the company called to a plain, clean old old man, with white locks, " Pray, father, Abraham, what think you of the times ? Will not thefe heavy... | |
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