Lectures and Essays, Volume 2Ticknor, 1851 - English literature |
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... slaves , with peculiar training as well as peculiar institutions , with other men who have no such training and no such institutions . Yet we are , ourselves , in much grosser error in our popular conception of the Irish . We have , in ...
... slaves , with peculiar training as well as peculiar institutions , with other men who have no such training and no such institutions . Yet we are , ourselves , in much grosser error in our popular conception of the Irish . We have , in ...
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... slavery , compared with which their former slavery seemed freedom , dead to their agony of spirit , chaining them with iron , that did not gall half so terribly as the iron that had entered into their soul ; and all because , prompted ...
... slavery , compared with which their former slavery seemed freedom , dead to their agony of spirit , chaining them with iron , that did not gall half so terribly as the iron that had entered into their soul ; and all because , prompted ...
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... slave , what shall we say of his present condition ? The Russian is a filthy creature in all his habits ; but his filth coexists with comfort and abundance . His filth is of his own creation , and he remains filthy because he chooses to ...
... slave , what shall we say of his present condition ? The Russian is a filthy creature in all his habits ; but his filth coexists with comfort and abundance . His filth is of his own creation , and he remains filthy because he chooses to ...
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... slave Christianity is a protection , for it infuses a sentiment into the moral heart , and creates a power of social opinion , which is stronger than law , stronger than tyranny ; and these , if they do not break the yoke , alleviate ...
... slave Christianity is a protection , for it infuses a sentiment into the moral heart , and creates a power of social opinion , which is stronger than law , stronger than tyranny ; and these , if they do not break the yoke , alleviate ...
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Henry Giles. negro slave , the Irish peasant has no hold on the inter- est of his lord , as he certainly has no hold on his affec- tions . He has no public opinion , in the class to which his lord belongs , to shield him from oppression ...
Henry Giles. negro slave , the Irish peasant has no hold on the inter- est of his lord , as he certainly has no hold on his affec- tions . He has no public opinion , in the class to which his lord belongs , to shield him from oppression ...
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