 We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them...  Select Pieces - Page 44by Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Reemelin - 1881 - 670 pages
...are not, however, the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it. And to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, we will instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." So much of this... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1882 - 518 pages
...spoke our language imperfectly. We are nevertheless obliged to yon, and if the gentlemen will send a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, and make men ef them." Of the ten graduates given nothing is known. The first royal charter of the... | |
 | E.H. Butler & Co - 1853 - 396 pages
...however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting of it ; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia...instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." them. The old men sit in the foremost ranks, the warriors in the next, and the women and children in... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 264 pages
...however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting of it ; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia...instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.' 6. Having frequent occasions to hold public councils, they have acquired great order and decency in... | |
 | Charles Elmer Allison - 1889 - 138 pages
...accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Vir.•iniii will send us a dox.cn of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct iunii in all we know, ami make men of them.'" la-ga.'" " What does that mean ? " said the Hamiltonian.... | |
 | George W. Lindsay, Charles C. Conley, Charles H. Litchman - 1893 - 664 pages
...are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it, and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia...instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Success of a Missionary. — Those who have attempted to Christianize the Indians complain that they... | |
 | Albert Ross Parsons - 1893 - 472 pages
...are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though wedecline accepting it ; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia...education, instruct them in all we know, and make men ofiheni.' " Having frequent occasions to hold public councils, they have acquired great order and decency... | |
 | 1893 - 408 pages
...is thus marked by every act which may defme a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. c Having frequent occasions to hold public councils...acquired great order and decency in conducting them. 1 Analyze by diagram or otherwise sentence (b). 8 2 Parse the following words in the exercise : between,... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1894 - 480 pages
...badly. They were not fit for hunters, warriors, or councilors ; they were totally good for nothing. " If the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen...instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." In the great race of life common sense has the right of way. Wealth, a diploma, a pedigree, talent,... | |
 | Nelson Appleton Miles - 1896 - 616 pages
...are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it : and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia...of them.' "Having frequent occasions to hold public counsels, they have acquired great order and decency in conducting them. The old men sit in the foremost... | |
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