The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

once convinced, he acted decisively on the knowledge, and did more than almost anyone else to give this new people—these Americans—a government of their own.

认同转变封全书弧，plot 91。

“Mr. Fisher, there goes the greatest villain upon earth!” This greatly confounded and perplexed me, but did not hinder her from pursuing her invectives in the foulest terms I ever heard from a gentlewoman.

家庭摩擦活，cast 88。

In five minutes the British had routed the Americans, who lost eight dead and ten wounded.

战事短镜头加速，pace 87。

The venue was fitting: the Cockpit. In the reign of Henry VIII, that most sporting of monarchs in a land that loved its bloody games, the building on this site had housed an actual cockpit

场所隐喻精，prose 92。

I believe you did not then imagine the storm would have arisen so high as for the General [Gage] to have sent out a party to creep out in the night and slaughter our dear brethren

家庭书信嵌战争，world 93。

A lesser man would have been humiliated.

一句立传，hook 95。

Sooner than almost anyone else, certainly sooner than anyone equally placed to act on the insight, Franklin realized that he and his fellow Americans were no longer Britons but a breed apart

认同先觉作轴，innov 88。

“A republic,” he answered, “if you can keep it.”

国族金句收束，ending 96。