Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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  • "He
  • was
  • therefore,
  • feasted
  • and
  • invited
  • to
  • all
  • the
  • court
  • parties.
  • At
  • these
  • he
  • sometimes
  • met
  • the
  • old
  • Duchess
  • of
  • Bourbon,
  • who,
  • being
  • a
  • chess
  • player
  • of
  • about
  • his
  • force,
  • they
  • very
  • generally
  • played
  • together.
  • Happening
  • once
  • to
  • put
  • her
  • king
  • into
  • prize,
  • the
  • Doctor
  • took
  • it.
  • 'Ah,'
  • says
  • she,
  • 'we
  • do
  • not
  • take
  • kings
  • so.'
  • 'We
  • do
  • in
  • America,'
  • said
  • the
  • Doctor."—Thomas Jefferson
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