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" 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... "
Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with characters, from ... - Page 106
by Edmund Burke - 1804
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: A vindication of natural ...

Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such -were our Gothic ancestors; such...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. Permit me, Sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part towards...
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The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the ..., Volume 2

Bryan Edwards - 1806 - 428 pages
...northward. Such were all the ancient common" wealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such " in our days are the Poles; and such will be all " masters of slaves, who are not slaves them" selves.''* i Possibly too, the climate itself, by increasing sensibility, contributes to create...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 560 pages
...liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothick ancestors ; such in our days were the Poles ; and...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. .Permit me, Sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part towards...
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The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the ..., Volume 2

Bryan Edwards - 1807 - 646 pages
...Such were all the ancient common" wealths ; such were our Gothick ancestors; " such in our days arc the Poles ; and such will •" be all masters of slaves, who are not slaves " themselves (c)." POSSIBLY too, the climate itself, by increasing sensibility, contributes to create an impatience...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothick ancestors : such in our days were the Poles ; and...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part towards...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothick ancestors : such in our days were the Poles ; and...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part towards...
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The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best ..., Volume 2

William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pages
...and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty thai* those to the northward. Such were all the ancient common-wealths, such were our Gothic ancestors, such...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance in our eolonies, which contributes no mean part towards...
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Parliamentary speeches from 1761 to 1802

William Hazlitt - 1810 - 612 pages
...spirit, attached to liberty than, those to, the northward. Such were all the ancient comtton-wealths, such were our Gothic ancestors, such in our days were...people, the haughtiness of domination combines with the bpirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance...
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Inchiquin the Jesuit's Letters, During a Late Residence in the United States ...

Charles Jared Ingersoll - 1810 - 186 pages
...liberty than those of the northern. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; and such will be the masters of slaves, who are not slaves themselves....freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." * But it relaxes the sinews of industry, corrupts the morals, and checks amelioration. Fallow lands,...
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The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to ..., Volume 18

Great Britain. Parliament - 1813 - 768 pages
...and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such...will be all masters of slaves, who are not slaves them« 15 GEORGE III. 495] selves. In such a people the haughtiness of domination combines with the...
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