The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 8Longmans Green and Company, 1873 |
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Page 31
... slaves of the Dey of Tripoli . Sir , if we had been slaves of the Dey of Tripoli , we should have been too much sunk in intellectual and moral degradation to be capable of the rational and manly dis- content of freemen . It is precisely ...
... slaves of the Dey of Tripoli . Sir , if we had been slaves of the Dey of Tripoli , we should have been too much sunk in intellectual and moral degradation to be capable of the rational and manly dis- content of freemen . It is precisely ...
Page 42
... slave of the mob , one a Tory Baronet from Derbyshire , the other a most respectable and excellent friend of mine , connected with the manufac- turing interest , and also an inhabitant of Derbyshire . Look at Norwich . Look at ...
... slave of the mob , one a Tory Baronet from Derbyshire , the other a most respectable and excellent friend of mine , connected with the manufac- turing interest , and also an inhabitant of Derbyshire . Look at Norwich . Look at ...
Page 55
... Slave - trade : it was thus with respect to Catholic Emancipation : it was thus with several other important questions . I , therefore , cannot think that we ought , on the present occasion , to surrender our judgment to those who have ...
... Slave - trade : it was thus with respect to Catholic Emancipation : it was thus with several other important questions . I , therefore , cannot think that we ought , on the present occasion , to surrender our judgment to those who have ...
Page 108
... slaves , and wonder that they do not regard us as brethren . We drive them to mean occupations , and then reproach them for not embracing honorable professions . We long forbade them to possess land ; and we complain that they chiefly ...
... slaves , and wonder that they do not regard us as brethren . We drive them to mean occupations , and then reproach them for not embracing honorable professions . We long forbade them to possess land ; and we complain that they chiefly ...
Page 109
... slavery , they have contracted some of the vices of outlaws and of slaves , shall we consider this as matter of reproach to them ? Shall we not rather consider it as matter of shame and remorse to ourselves ? Let us do justice to them ...
... slavery , they have contracted some of the vices of outlaws and of slaves , shall we consider this as matter of reproach to them ? Shall we not rather consider it as matter of shame and remorse to ourselves ? Let us do justice to them ...
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