The fact is so; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such,... The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Stran 36avtor: Edmund Burke - 1807Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| Larry E. Tise - 1990 - 525 strani
...and such will be the masters of slaves, who are not slaves themselves." In slaveholders, he wrote, "the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible."3 To the untrained eye Ingersoll's Inchiquin might seem an innocent enough exaltation of... | |
| Jack P. Greene - 1992 - 422 strani
...liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such in our days were the Poles; and such...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. So far from being inconsistent or incongruous with liberty, then, as Dr. Johnson's question implied,... | |
| Michael A. Morrison - 1999 - 416 strani
...zealous of their freedom. Freedom to them is not only an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege. ... In such a people the haughtiness of domination combines...the spirit of freedom, fortifies it and renders it invincible."45 With an eye toward their stiff-necked opponents in both sections, moderates concluded,... | |
| Christopher Phillips - 2000 - 360 strani
...Leonard, August 15, 1854, ibid., folder 123, SHSM; History of Howard and Chariton Counties, 252-53. of domination combines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." To be masters of a small world counteracted the stark reality that these new westerners were no longer,... | |
| David Hackett Fischer - 2005 - 880 strani
...much more strongly, and with a stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward — In such a people, the haughtiness of domination combines...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." Slavery reinforced this idea of hierarchical liberty but did not create it. The temporal sequence is... | |
| Edmund Burke - 2005 - 237 strani
...were the Poles ; and such will be 85 all masters of slaves, who are not slaves themselves. In snch a people, the haughtiness of domination combines with...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. 48. Permit me, Sir, to add another circumstance in our Colonies, which contributes no mean part towards... | |
| Christopher Leslie Brown - 2012 - 496 strani
...them is not only an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege." "In such a people," he concluded, "the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible."25 Because the prevalence of slave ownership distinguished the American colonies from the... | |
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