SLAVERY is so vile and miserable an estate of man, and so directly opposite to the generous temper and courage of our nation, that it is hardly to be* conceived that an " Englishman," much less a " gentleman, Imperialism and the Anti-Imperialist Mind - Page 51by Lewis Samuel Feuer - 1989 - 265 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Liberalism (Religion) - 1808 - 702 pages
...says this supposed advocate of a slave-trade, " is so vile and miserable an estate of man, and «o directly opposite to the generous temper and courage...that an Englishman, much less a gentleman, should pleaxl for it." If I have detained you longer than I designed on a subject in one view highly political,... | |
| Union for Parliamentary Reform According to the Constitution - Great Britain - 1812 - 104 pages
...crisis, more appropriately address the ENGLISH GENTLEMAN, than in these words of the immortal Locii, " Slavery is so vile and miserable an estate of man, and so direc'J " opposite to the generous temper and courage of our nation, that it " is hardly to be conceived,... | |
| John Locke - Liberty - 1821 - 536 pages
...always mean Pages of his Patriarcha. Edit. 1680. OF GOVERNMENT. BOOK I. CHAPTER I. §. 1. SLA VERY .is so vile and miserable an estate of man, and so...the generous temper and courage of our nation ; that it is hardly to be conceived, that an Englishman, much less a gentleman, should plead for it. And truly... | |
| John Locke - 1823 - 516 pages
...of pages always means pages of his Patriarcha, edit. 1680. OF GOVERNMENT. BOOK I. CHAPTER I. § 1. SLAVERY is so vile and miserable an estate of man,...the generous temper and courage of our nation, that it is hardly to be conceived that an Englishman, much less a gentleman, should plead for it. And truly... | |
| English literature - 1824 - 808 pages
...And as for slavery, I hold fully, in the emphatic language of Locke, that " slavery ii so vile and so miserable an estate of man, and so directly opposite...the generous temper and courage of our nation, that it is hardly to be conceived that an Engliihmaii, much less a gentleman, should plead for it." But... | |
| Christianity - 1825 - 788 pages
...sentence of the ' Treatises of Government,1 where, in the maturity of judgment, the author declare* that " slavery is so vile and miserable an estate of man,...directly opposite to the generous temper and courage of the English nation, tbat it is hardly to be conceived that an Englishman, much less a gentleman, should... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1825 - 816 pages
...sentence of the ' Treatises of Government,* where, in the maturity of judgment, the author declares that " slavery is so vile and miserable an estate of man,...directly opposite to the generous temper and courage of the English nation, that it is hardly to be conceived that an Englishman, much less a gentleman, should... | |
| James Grahame - United States - 1827 - 548 pages
...hU own con. demnation, while he exposes and confutes the servile sophistry of Sir Robert Filmer. " Slavery is so vile and miserable an estate of man,...an Englishman, much less a gentleman, should plead for it." " The perfect condition of slavery," he afterwards defines to be, " t/tc statc of v,ar continued... | |
| James Grahame - United States - 1833 - 556 pages
...he exposes and confutes the servile sophistry of Sir Robert fi-fl««i. '^''it //**•• Filmer. " Slavery is so vile and miserable an estate of man, and so directly opJ0 A *» posite to the generous temper and courage of our nation, that 'tis hardly to be "ft^n^ii.... | |
| James Grahame - United States - 1836 - 466 pages
...pronouncing his own condemnation, while he exposes and confutes the servile sophistry of Sir Robert Filmer. " Slavery is so vile and miserable an estate of man, and so directly opposite to the generous BOOK such a regulation, is excluded by the fact, that at this time, ^j and long after, there were no... | |
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