Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq, Volumen 1Henry Colburn, 1828 - 404 páginas |
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... humanity . But the difficulty of the task was not inferior to the duty of its performance . The length and variety of MR . SHARP'S public exertions , the importance of his undertakings , and , above all , the voluminous mass of ...
... humanity . But the difficulty of the task was not inferior to the duty of its performance . The length and variety of MR . SHARP'S public exertions , the importance of his undertakings , and , above all , the voluminous mass of ...
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... human freedom , religious order , and deeds of charity and mercy , may accompany for ever the authentic memorial of his life , and thus render the record of his virtuous actions the record also of the honours which attend them . 6 LIST ...
... human freedom , religious order , and deeds of charity and mercy , may accompany for ever the authentic memorial of his life , and thus render the record of his virtuous actions the record also of the honours which attend them . 6 LIST ...
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... full sense of the loveliness and pre - excellence of virtue , is indispensable in the character of those who lay claim to the highest human capacity . Virtue is the truth of moral relations . That which PREFACE . xxiii.
... full sense of the loveliness and pre - excellence of virtue , is indispensable in the character of those who lay claim to the highest human capacity . Virtue is the truth of moral relations . That which PREFACE . xxiii.
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... human passions ; and his eminence attributed to this cause . But , besides the exalted tenour of innumerable virtuous sentiments dispersed through the Iliad , that work is distinguished above most others by its frequent reference of all ...
... human passions ; and his eminence attributed to this cause . But , besides the exalted tenour of innumerable virtuous sentiments dispersed through the Iliad , that work is distinguished above most others by its frequent reference of all ...
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... , " walking always before God , " - the delight of his family , and the benefactor of his race . If circumstances or opinions appear at times tinged with no slight degree of human weakness , they are no just cause of alarm to PREFACE .
... , " walking always before God , " - the delight of his family , and the benefactor of his race . If circumstances or opinions appear at times tinged with no slight degree of human weakness , they are no just cause of alarm to PREFACE .
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Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq Prince Hoare,African Institution (London, England),Thomas Burgess No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1820 |
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Página 385 - We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 153 - The importation of slaves into the colonies from the coast of Africa hath long been considered as a trade of great inhumanity, and under its present encouragement, we have too much reason to fear will endanger the very existence of your Majesty's American dominions.
Página 322 - But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them : for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask Him.
Página 346 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts; The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay; Such as she bred when fresh and young-. When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past ; A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Página 233 - We would not suffer slavery, (which is against the Gospel, as well as the fundamental law of England,} to be authorized under our authority ; we refused, as trustees, to make a law permitting such a horrid crime.
Página 251 - Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Página 303 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Página 222 - For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Página 374 - Franklin, as president of the "Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," etc., issued the following letter: — "AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. " From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes unla-wfully held in Bondage.
Página 154 - I moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a...