 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1840 - 620 halaman
...by every freeman. A freeman must .be orthodox, above twenty years of age, and worth about £200." ly opulent, living in the highest affluence and magnificence....should never advise a nation of savages to admit of civilizition ; for I assure you, that, in the possession and enjoyment of the various comforts of life,... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 668 halaman
...striking : " Had I never been in the American colonies," he wrote in 1772, after a tour in Great Britain, "but were to form my judgment of civil society by...enjoyment of the various comforts of life, compared with these people, every Indian is a gentleman ; and the effect of this kind of civil society seems... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 566 halaman
...lately made a tour through Ireland and Scotland. In those countries, a small part of the society arc landlords, great noblemen, and gentlemen, extremely...enjoyment of the various comforts of life, compared tp these people, every Indian is a gentleman, and the effect of this kind of civil society seems to... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1875 - 436 halaman
...the spmnera and weavers of England, they may make cloths and stuffs for all parts of the world. If ad I never been in the American Colonies, but were to...of savages to admit of civilization, for I assure yon that, in the possession and enjoyment of the various comforts of life, compared to these people,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1876 - 394 halaman
...everywhere indications of poverty and suffering. Franklin wrote, after a tour in Great Britain in 1772, " Had I never been in the American colonies, but were...enjoyment of the various comforts of life, compared with these people, every Indian is a gentleman ; and the effect of this kind of civil society seems... | |
 | John Stevens C. Abbott - 1879 - 418 halaman
...everywhere indications of poverty and suffering. Franklin wrote, after a tour in Great Britain in 1772, " Had I never been in the American colonies, but were...enjoyment of the various comforts of life, compared with these people, every Indian is a gentleman ; and the effect of this kind of civil society seems... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1882 - 608 halaman
...extremely poor, living in the most sordid wretchedness, in dirty hovels of mud and straw, and clo'hed only in rags. I thought often of the happiness of...should never advise a nation of savages to admit of civilizatien ; for I assure you, that, in the possession and enjoyment of the various comforts of life,... | |
 | John Martin Vincent - 1895 - 650 halaman
...towns. He gave the result of his observations in a letter to a friend,1 a part of which we quote: " Had I never been in the American colonies, but were...compared to these people, every Indian is a gentleman." Is it a wonder that Franklin asserted that only agriculture is truly productive? 1 To Joshua Babcock,... | |
 | John Martin Vincent - 1895 - 620 halaman
...manufacturing towns. He gave the result of his observations in a letter to a friend,1 a part of which we quote: "Had I never been in the American colonies, but were...compared to these people, every Indian is a gentleman." Is it a wonder that Franklin asserted that only agriculture is truly productive? 1 To Joshua Babcock,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 592 halaman
...become poor, tattered, dirty, and abject in Spirit. Had I never been in the American Colonies, but was to form my Judgment of Civil Society by what I have...Civilization: For I assure you, that, in the Possession & Enjoyment of the various Comforts of Life, compar'd to these People every Indian is a Gentleman :... | |
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Had I never been in the American colonies, but were to form my judgment of civil society by what I have lately seen, I should never advise a nation of savages to admit of civilization ; for I assure you, that, in the possession and enjoyment of the various... 
