 | Benjamin Franklin - 1793 - 324 Seiten
...; but when they came back " to us, they were bad runners ; ignorant of every ** means of living in the woods; unable to bear " either cold or hunger...to " build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy ; " fpoke our language imperfecUy; were there** fore neither fit for hunters, warriors, or coun" fellots... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1794 - 348 Seiten
...hunters, warriors, or counfelJors ; they were totally good for nothing. We aife however not the lefs obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it : and to fhow our grateful fenfe of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will fend us a dozen of their fons, we... | |
 | James Anderson - 1800 - 632 Seiten
...sciences; but when they came back to us they were bad runners; ignorant of every means of living in the woods; unable to bear either cold or hunger; knew...or kill an enemy ; spoke our language imperfectly, and were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were, in short, good for... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 78 Seiten
...sciences ; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners; ignorant of every means of living in the woods; unable to bear either cold or hunger; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, nor kill an enemy ; spokeour language imperfectly; were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 Seiten
...sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew...imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, ^varriors, or counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 Seiten
...sciences ; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners ; ignorant of every means of living in the woods ; unable to bear either cold or hunger ;...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1810 - 292 Seiten
...runners; ignorant of every means of living in the woods ; urable to bear either cold or hunger; krew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy ; -speak our language imperfectly ; were therefore neither fir for hunters, warriors or counsellors;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1811 - 190 Seiten
...sciences ; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners ; ignorant of every means of living in the woods ; unable to bear either cold or hunger ;...however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, fhough we decline accepting it : and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1811 - 196 Seiten
...sciences ; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners ; ignorant of every means of living in the woods ; unable to bear either cold or hunger ;...take a deer, or kill an enemy ; spoke our language im" perfectly ; were therefore.neither fit for hunters, warriors, or counsellors ; They were totally... | |
 | 1812 - 314 Seiten
...sciences ; but when they came hack to us, they were bad runners; ignorant of every means of living in the woods; unable to bear either cold or hunger; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, nor till anenemy ; spoke our language imperfectly; were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors,... | |
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Experience of it: Several of our Young People were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the... 
