 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! —...  Every-day Religion - Page 56by James Freeman Clarke - 1886 - 464 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American Society for Extension of University Teaching - University extension - 1897 - 476 pages
...murder our People. — Look upon your Hands! — They are stained with the Blood of your Relations ! — You and I were long Friends: — You are now my Enemy, and I am, "Yours, B. FKANKLIN." " THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS." (1777.) Gallants attend and hear a friend, Trill forth harmonious... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - United States - 1898 - 458 pages
...towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands. 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. FRANKLIN." There was some excuse for a French editor who took the letter in sad earnest. what in those facile days passed... | |
 | Baptists - 1840 - 708 pages
...towns, and murder our people. Look upon your hands, they are stained with the blood of your relations ! You and I were long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am, "Yours, B. FRANKLIN." Such was not the subject, or the style, or the time, in which Franklin could crack jokes. We regard... | |
 | A. J. Langguth - Biography & Autobiography - 1989 - 644 pages
...towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands! They are stained with the blood of your relations! You and I were long friends. You are now my enemy, and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN Even in outrage, Franklin was prudent. The note was not sent. Because of his prestige, the Congress... | |
 | Jay Fliegelman - History - 1993 - 296 pages
...and murder our People. Look upon your hands! They are stained with the Blood of your Relations!— You and I were long Friends:— You are now my enemy,— and 1 am Yours, B. Franklin47 But more than simple irony is at work. The line break frees Franklin from... | |
 | Nian-Sheng Huang - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 304 pages
...Towns and murder our People. Look upon your Handsl They are stained with the Blood of your Relationsl You and I were long Friends: You are now my Enemy, and I am, Yours, B Franklin'"" This brief note became one of Franklin's most famous writings, because it was quoted in almost every... | |
 | Don Cook - History - 1995 - 446 pages
...Towns and murder our People. Look upon your Hands! They are stained with the Blood of your Relations! You and I were long Friends. You are now my Enemy and I am Yours, B. Franklin. But Franklin reconsidered his outburst against an old friend. The letter remained among his papers... | |
 | Anna Wierzbicka - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 328 pages
...treated as opposites. For example: Friends are as dangerous as enemies. (Thomas De Quincey, "Essays") You and I were long friends; you are now my enemy and I am Yours, Benjamin Franklin. (Letter to William Strahan) Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain... | |
 | Robert Middlekauff - History - 2023 - 292 pages
...Towns, and murder our People. Look upon your Hands! They are stained with the Blood of your Relations! You and I were long Friends: You are now my Enemy, and I am, Yours, B. Franklin" Franklin did not retreat from this assessment in the years to come, though he relented in his condemnation... | |
 | Donald W. Livingston - History - 1998 - 462 pages
...Towns, and murder our People: Look upon your Hands! They are stained with the Blood of your Relations! You and I were long Friends: You are now my Enemy and I am, Yours." 18 Had the war not occurred, Strahan might well have produced an American edition of the works of his... | |
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