 I do not think the Congress have any wish to persecute General Burgoyne. I never heard, till I received your letter, that they had recalled him ; if they have made such a resolution, it must be, I suppose, a conditional one, to take place in case their...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 290by Edmund Burke - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 524 pages
...admitting me of the number, still more precious. <• i>" I do not think the Congress have any A'ish to persecute General Burgoyne. I never heard till...; if they have made such a resolution, it must be, 1 suppose, a conditional one, to take place in case their ofter of exchanging him for Mr. Laurens should... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 542 pages
...more amiable, and makes the honor he does me of admitting me of the number, still more precious. I do not think the congress have any wish to persecute...: if they have made such a resolution, it must be, 1 suppose, a conditional one, to take place in case their offer of exchanging him for Mr. Laurens should... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1833 - 490 pages
...more amiable, and makes the honor he does me of admitting me of the number, still more precious. I do not think the congress have any wish to persecute...Laurens should not be accepted ; a resolution intended merely to enforce that offer. I have just received an authentic copy of the resolve containing that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...more amiable, and makes the honour he does me of admitting me of the number, still more precious. "I do not think the congress have any wish to persecute...Laurens should not be accepted ; a resolution intended merely to enforce that offer. " I have just received an authentic copy of the resolve containing that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 592 pages
...still more amiable, and makes the honor he does me of admitting me of the number still more precious. I do not think the Congress have any wish to persecute...Laurens should not be accepted ; a resolution intended merely to enforce that offer. I have ju-st received an authentic copy of the resolve containing that... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - English letters - 1841 - 338 pages
...more amiable, and makes the honour he does me, of admitting me of* the number, still more precious. I do not think the congress have any wish to persecute...recalled him : if they have made such a resolution, it roust be, I suppose, a conditional one, to take place in case their offer of exchanging him for Mr.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1844 - 508 pages
...more amiable, and makes the honour he does me in admitting me of the number, still more precious. I do not think the congress have any wish to persecute...— a resolution intended to enforce that offer. I bave just received an authentic copy of the resolve containing that offer, and authorizing me to make... | |
 | D. Appleton and Company - Letter writing - 1854 - 240 pages
...more amiable, and makes the hnnour he does me, of admitting me of the number, still more precious. I do not think the Congress have any wish to persecute...suppose, a conditional one, to take place in case their otfer of exchanging him for Mr. Laureiis should not be accepted ; a resolution intended merely to enforce... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - United States - 1856 - 584 pages
...amiable, and makes the honor he does me of admitting me of the number still more precious. I do not thmk the Congress have any wish to persecute General Burgoyne....Laurens should not be accepted; a resolution intended merely to enforce that offer. I have just received an authentic copy of the resolve containing that... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1857 - 572 pages
...more amiable, and makes the honour he does me in admitting me of the number still more precious. I do not think the congress have any wish to persecute...place in case their offer of exchanging him for Mr. Laureus should not be accepted — a resolution intended to enforce that offer. I have just received... | |
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