 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
 | Barbara Olexer - History - 2005 - 260 pages
...tho' we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful Sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a Dozen of their Sons, we will take great...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them..." There is no need to document here the horrified contempt with which the Virginians heard Canassatega's... | |
 | Virginia Moore Carney - Social Science - 2005 - 256 pages
...We are, however, not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' 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; instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. (Carroll 240) Many nineteenth-century... | |
 | Chris Rodda - History - 2006 - 534 pages
...nothing. We are however not the less obliged by your kind Offer, tho we decline 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 of them.7 In 1779, Thomas Jefferson became both Governor of Virginia and a member of William and Mary's... | |
 | Ismael Abu-Saad, Duane Champagne - Education - 2006 - 212 pages
...We are however, not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia will send us a Do/.en of their Sons, we will take Care of their Education, instruct them in all we know, and make... | |
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