To abolish a status, which in all ages GOD has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only be robbery to an innumerable class of our fellow-subjects; but it would be extreme cruelty to the African Savages, a portion of whom it saves from massacre,... The life of Samuel Johnson - Stran 591avtor: James Boswell - 1817Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| John Fletcher - 1852 - 712 strani
...general mischief when desperate, my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status, which in all ages God has sanctioned and man has continued, would not only be robbery to an innumerable class of fellow-subjects, but it would be extreme cruelty to African savages, a portion of whom it saves from... | |
| John Fletcher - 1852 - 676 strani
...general mischief when desperate, my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status, which in all ages God has sanctioned and man has continued, would not only be robbery to an innumerable class of fellow-subjects, but it would be extreme cruelty to African savages, a portion of whom it saves from... | |
| John Fletcher - 1852 - 650 strani
...general mischief when desperate, my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status, which in all ages God has sanctioned and man has continued, would not only be robbery to an innumerable class of fellow-subjects, but it would be extreme cruelty to African savages, a portion of whom it saves from... | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1854 - 462 strani
...general mischief when desperate, my opinion is unshaken. " To abolish a stains which in all ages God has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only...when their passage to the "West Indies, and their treatmcnt there, is humanely regulated. To abolish this trado would be to 1 shut the gates of mercy... | |
| Julia Griffiths - 1854 - 348 strani
...mischief, when desperate, my opinion is unshaken. " To abolish a statute which in all ages God has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only be robbery to an innumerable class of oiir fellow-subjects, but it would be extreme cruelty to the African savages, a portion of whom it... | |
| Amelia Matilda Murray - 1856 - 420 strani
...status which in all ages God has sanctioned and man has continued, would not only be robbing a numerous class of our fellow-subjects, but it would be extreme...the African savages, a portion of whom it saves from worse bondage in their own country, and introduces into a much happier state of life; especially when... | |
| Amelia Matilda Murray - 1856 - 346 strani
...fellow-subjects, but it would be extreme cruelty to the African savages, a portion of whom it saves from worse bondage in their own country, and introduces into a much happier state of life ; especially when their passage to the "West Indies and their treatment there is humanely regulated. To abolish... | |
| James Boswell - 1874 - 584 strani
...general mischief when desperate, my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status, which in all ages GOD has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only...of life ; especially now when their passage to the West-Indies and their treatment there is humanely regulated. To abolish that trade would be to ' shut... | |
| Elizabeth Kingsbury - 1882 - 144 strani
...endeavour to suppress slavery in these terms: — •' To abolish a status which in all ages God has sanctioned and man has continued, would not only be...and introduces into a much happier state of life. To abolish the slave trade,' he goes on to say, ' would be to shut the gates of mercy on mankind.'... | |
| James Boswell - 1885 - 436 strani
...general mischief, when desperate, my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status, which in all ages GOD has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only...West Indies, and their treatment there, is humanely regulated.1 To abolish this trade would be to shut the gates of mercy on mankind." What may have passed... | |
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