To the PRINTER of the LONDON CHRONICLE. Cinque gran nemici da pace, habitano con esso noi; civa l’avaritia, l’ambitione, l’invidia, l’ira, & la superbia: se detti inimici si mandassero in esilio, regenerebbe senza dubio tra noi pace perpetua. PETRARCH. Athens had her orators. They did her sometimes a great deal of good, at other times…
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The Misrepresentation of America
Posted on Author Benjamin FranklinPosted in 2. 1768 - 1769, Benjamin Franklin, London Chronicle, Revolutionary America, The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Vol III: London
To the PRINTER of the LONDON CHRONICLE. SIR, As the bare letter of a Governor of one of our provinces, accusing his People of rebellious intentions, is by many here thought sufficient ground for inflicting penalties on such province, unheard, without farther evidence, and without knowing what it may have to say in its justification:…