 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...  The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith - Page 113by Sydney Smith - 1870 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1819 - 654 pages
...looks on, catchesthe lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives loose to the worst of passions ; and thus nursed,...can retain his morals and manners undepraved by such circumstances.* Notes, p. 241.— Hall, p. 459. The following picture of a slave song is quoted by... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 pages
...circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed1*, educated, and exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it...peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by suc"Ii circumstances.* And with what execration should the statesmen... | |
 | John Harriott - 1808 - 780 pages
...lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to his worst passions; and, thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised,...cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. God bless the Duke of Clarance. I trust he speaks honestly as far as he knows, but his royal highness,... | |
 | Henry Ker - 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.... | |
 | 1825 - 798 pages
...on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the saine airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives loose to the worst of passions ; and thus nursed,...can retain his morals and manners undepraved by such circumstances *." This is the opinion of the effects of slavery, pronounced by a man who had spent... | |
 | John Taylor - 1817 - 228 pages
...smaller slaves, gives a 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 - 1818 - 344 pages
...looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, put? on the same airs in the circle of smaller ilaves, give loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated,...can retain his morals and manners undepraved by such circumstances." Notes p. 241. We know the time of prodigies is past, and that natural effects will... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 944 pages
...on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on " the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, " give 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... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1819 - 592 pages
...smaller slaves, gives loose to the worst of " passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exer" cised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with " odious...retain his morals and manners undepraved " by such circumstances." Notes p. 241. We know the time of prodigies is past, and that natural effects will... | |
 | 1819 - 652 pages
...circle of smaller slaves, give a loose to the worst ot his passions, and thus nursed, educated, aud daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped...peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals uncleрта ved by such circumstance^ An¿ with what ед. condition mollifying,... | |
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