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... tion that it is the performance of a duty which , to the best of my ability , it is incumbent on me to fulfill . Though even on this ground I can not appeal to the forbearance of my readers , I may venture to refer to a peculiar ...
... tion that it is the performance of a duty which , to the best of my ability , it is incumbent on me to fulfill . Though even on this ground I can not appeal to the forbearance of my readers , I may venture to refer to a peculiar ...
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... tion . Such in all points as he was , the world , which has been so indulgent to him , has a right to know him ; and those who best love him do not fear the consequences of freely submit- ting his character and his actions to the public ...
... tion . Such in all points as he was , the world , which has been so indulgent to him , has a right to know him ; and those who best love him do not fear the consequences of freely submit- ting his character and his actions to the public ...
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... tion brought him into the closest possible contact with negro slavery . His mind was not prepossessed against the system of society which he found in the West Indies . His personal interests spoke strongly in its favor , while his ...
... tion brought him into the closest possible contact with negro slavery . His mind was not prepossessed against the system of society which he found in the West Indies . His personal interests spoke strongly in its favor , while his ...
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... tion whether he was brave or not . He worked strenuously and unceasingly , never amusing himself from year's end to year's end , and shrinking from any public praise or recogni- tion as from an unlawful gratification , because he was ...
... tion whether he was brave or not . He worked strenuously and unceasingly , never amusing himself from year's end to year's end , and shrinking from any public praise or recogni- tion as from an unlawful gratification , because he was ...
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... tion which is really irresistible . " For their sake he endured all the risk and worry inseparable from a long engagement kept by the lady among disapproving friends , and by the gentle- man at Sierra Leone . He staid till the ...
... tion which is really irresistible . " For their sake he endured all the risk and worry inseparable from a long engagement kept by the lady among disapproving friends , and by the gentle- man at Sierra Leone . He staid till the ...
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Página 355 - On the 7th of March, 1835, Lord "William Bentinck decided that "the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India;" two of the Orientalists retired from the Committee of Public Instruction; several new members, both English and native, were appointed; and
Página 333 - us to eat Lordsupper with pariahs as lives ugly, handling dead men, drinking rack and toddy, sweeping the streets, mean fellows altogether, base persons, contrary to that which Saint Paul saith: I determined to know nothing among you save Jesus Christ and Him crucified.' " Was there ever a more appropriate quotation
Página 333 - If this be a question of words, and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.' But though, like Gallic, I drove them and their petitions from my
Página 416 - Letters to Archdeacon Travis,' and compared the collected letters with the Gentleman's Magazine, in which they originally appeared. The book has a little * " Matters beyond our control." " Fair ship, that from the Italian shore Sailest the placid ocean's plains With my lost Arthur's loved remains, Spread thy full wings, and waft him
Página 354 - is of far greater value than all the literature which three hundred years ago was extant in all the languages of the world together. Nor is this all. In India, English is the language spoken by the ruling class. It is spoken by the higher class of natives at the
Página 57 - the tongue, if such there are, And make colloquial happiness your care, Preserve me from the thing I dread and hate, A duel in the form of a debate. Vociferated logic kills me quite. A noisy man is always in the right.
Página 334 - soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about Miss Harlowe, and her misfortunes, and her scoundrelly Lovelace. The governor's wife seized the book; the secretary waited for it; the chiefjustice could not read it for tears.' He acted the whole scene: he paced up and down the
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Página 416 - the rich, who are always a minority, absolutely at its mercy. The day will come when in the State of New York a multitude of people, none of whom has had more than half a breakfast, or expects to have more than half
Página 354 - of two great European communities which are rising, the one in the south of Africa, the other in Australasia; communities which are every year becoming more important, and more closely connected with our Indian empire. Whether we look at the intrinsic value of our literature, or at the particular situation of this