 We are convinced, therefore, that you mean to do us good by your proposal, and we thank you heartily. But you, who are wise, must know that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will...  Select Pieces - Page 43by Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Reemelin - Political Science - 1881 - 676 pages
...we know," said he, " that you highly esteem the kind of learning taught in those colleges, and that the maintenance of our young men, while with you,...conceptions of things ; and you will therefore not tuke it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours. We have... | |
 | E.H. Butler & Co - Readers - 1853 - 396 pages
...we know," says he, "that you highly esteem the kind of learning taught in those colleges, and that the maintenance of our young men while with you would...good by your proposal ; and we thank you heartily. 5. " But you, who are wise, must know that different nations have different conceptions of things ;... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 264 pages
...we know,' says he, 'that you highly esteemed the kind of learning taught in those colleges, and that the maintenance of our young men while with you would...good by your proposal ; and we thank you heartily. 5. ' But you, who are wise, must know that different nations have different conceptions of things ;... | |
 | Charles Elmer Allison - Clinton (N.Y.) - 1889 - 138 pages
...we know,' says he, 'that you highly esteem the kind of learning taught in those colleges, and that the maintenance of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to yon. We are convinced, therefore, that you mean to do ns good by your proposal: and we thank you heartily.... | |
 | Edwin Herbert Lewis, Lewis, Edwin Hebert - American literature - 1899 - 440 pages
...we know," says he, "that you highly esteem the kind of learning taught in those colleges, and that the maintenance of our young men, while with you,...convinced, therefore, that you mean to do us good 45 by your proposal, and we thank you heartily. But you, who are wise, must know that different nations... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Almanacs, American - 1900 - 190 pages
...we know," says he, " that you highly esteem the kind of learning taught in those colleges, and that the maintenance of our young men while with you would...have different conceptions of things ; and you will 65 therefore not take it amiss if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with... | |
 | Henry James Morgan, Lawrence Johnstone Burpee - Canada - 1905 - 362 pages
...terms — ' We know that you highly esteem the kind of learning taught in those colleges, and that the maintenance of our young men while with you would...different conceptions of things, and you will therefore 113 I Canadian Life not take it amiss if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same... | |
 | 1914 - 588 pages
...day the Indians returned with the following answer: "We are convinced that you mean to do us good, and we thank you heartily; but you who are wise must know that different nations must have different conceptions of things; and you will not take it amiss if our ideas of this kind... | |
 | Sydney Gould - Eskimos - 1917 - 314 pages
...follows: '' We know that you highly esteem the kind of learning taught in those colleges, and that the maintenance of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive/to you. We are convinced, therefore, that you mean to do us good by your proposal, and we... | |
 | Language and languages - 1922 - 528 pages
...NATIONS2 TO TIIE GOVERNMENT OP VIRGINIA. \Ve are convinced that y ou mean to do us good by your proposai3, and •we thank you heartily. But you who are wise must know that différent 1. = Pinnacle. 2. The Six Nations, i, e, thé six tribcs of thé red-skin Indians. 3. To... | |
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