 | William Winterbotham - America - 1795 - 558 pages
...and daily exercifed in tyranny, cannot but be ftamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man muft be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by fuch circumffances. And with what execration fliould the flatefrnan be loaded, who, permitting one... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...and daily exercifed in tyranny, cannot but be ftamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man muft be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by fuch circuniftances. And with what execration ihould the ftatefman be loaded, who permitting one half... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...gives a loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed1*, educated, and exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The...who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by suc"Ii circumstances.* And with what execration should the statesmen be loaded, who permitlingfone... | |
 | 1819 - 654 pages
...loose to the worst of passions ; and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy who can retain his morals and manners undepraved by such circumstances.* Notes, p. 241.— Hall, p. 459. The following... | |
 | Henry Ker - Mexico - 1816 - 392 pages
...While passions ; and thus educated, and daily practised in tyranny, he cannot but be stamped with its odious peculiarities. The man must .be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved under such circumstances. Exclusive of this, it begets a habit of indolence. This is so true, that... | |
 | English literature - 1825 - 800 pages
...loose to the worst of passions ; and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy who can retain his morals and manners undepraved by such circumstances *." This is the opinion of the effects of slavery,... | |
 | John Taylor - Agriculture - 1817 - 228 pages
...loose to his worst of " passions, and thus nursed, educated and daily exercis" ed in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious " peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy who can re" tain his manners and morals undepraved by such cir" cumstances.— The almighty has no attribute... | |
 | Francis Hall - Canada - 1818 - 938 pages
...loose to the worst of passions, and thus " nursed, educated, and daily exercised in ty" ranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious " peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy " who can retain his morals and manners un" depraved by such circumstances." Notes p. 241. We know the time of prodigies... | |
 | 1819 - 654 pages
...loose to the worst ot his passions, and thus nursed, educated, aud daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The...be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals uncleрта ved by such circumstance^ An¿ with what ед. condition mollifying, the way I hope preparing1,... | |
 | William Winterbotham - United States - 1819 - 606 pages
...and daily exereifed in tyranny, cannot but be ftamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man mud be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by fuch circumftances. And with what execration fhould the ftate fnnan be loaded, who, permitting one... | |
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The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by... 
