 Would you not say, that you were free, have a right to dress as you please, and that such an edict would be a breach of your privileges, and such a government tyrannical ? And yet you are about to put yourself under that tyranny, when you run in  Essays and Letters - Page 81by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1804 - 78 pages
...edict, forbidding you to dress like a gentleman or gentlewoman, on pain of imprisonment or servitude? Would you not say, that you were free, have a right...to put yourself under that tyranny when you run in debt for such dress! Your creditor has authority, at his pleasure, to deprive you of your liberty,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...edict, forbidding you to dress like a gentleman or gentlewoman, on paiu of imprisonment or servitude ? Would you not say, that you were free, have a right...to put yourself under that tyranny, when you run in debt for such dress! your creditor has authority, at his pleasure, to deprive you of your liberty,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...edict forbidding you to dress like a gentleman or gentlewoman, on pain of imprisonment or servitude? Would you not say that you were free, have a right...to put yourself under that tyranny, when you run in debt for such dress? Your creditor has- autuwiV^, a\ \\\% ^«aswx«., V» tot. vi. , x 154 ELEtANT... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...edict, forbidding you to dress like a gentleman or gentlewoman, on pain of imprisonment or servitude? Would you not say, that you were free, have a right...to put yourself under that tyranny when you run in debt for such dress! Your creditor has authority, at bis pleasure, to deprive you of your liberty,... | |
 | James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 424 pages
...gentleman, or a gentlewoman, on pain of imprisonment or servitude? Would you not say that you were free, had a right to dress as you please, and that such an edict would be a breach of yourprivileges, and such a government tyrannical ? And yet you are about to put yourself under that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 pages
...edict forbidding you to dress like a gentleman or gentlewoman, on pain of imprisonment or servitude? Would you not say that you were free, have a right...tyrannical ? And yet you are about to put yourself under such tyranny, when you run in debt for such dress! Your creditor has authority, at his pleasure, to... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1819 - 524 pages
...edict forbidding you to dress like a gentleman or gentlewoman, on pain of imprisonment or servitude ? Would you not say that you were free, have a right...tyrannical? And yet you are about to put yourself under such tyranny, when you run in debt for such dress! Your creditor has authority, at his pleasure, to... | |
 | Donald Macintosh - Proverbs, Scottish Gaelic - 1819 - 250 pages
...a gentleman or gentlewoman, oa pain of imprisonment or servitude ? Would you not say, that you are free, have a right to dress as you please, and that such an edict would be a breach or your privileges, and such a government tyrannical ? And yet you arc about to put yourself under... | |
 | Apprentices - 1821 - 162 pages
...not say you were free, ] ve a right to dress as you please, ; i that such ,an edict would be a i ach of your privileges, and such a government tyrannical...to put yourself under that tyranny, when you run in debt for such dress! Your creditor has authority, at his pleasure, to deprive you of your liberty,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1825 - 324 pages
...edict, forbidding you to dress like a gentleman or gentlewoman, on pain of imprisonment or servitude ? Would you not say, that you were free, have a right...to put yourself under that tyranny when you run in debt for such dress! Your creditor has authority, at his pleasure, to deprive you of your liberty,... | |
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