 These creatures are all over black, and with such a flat nose, that they can scarcely be pitied. "It is hardly to be believed that God, who is a wise being, should place a soul, especially a good soul, in such a black ugly body.  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 227edited by - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Jurisprudence - 1750 - 538 pages
...flaves. j Thefe creatures are all over black, and with fuchy a flat nofe, that they can fcarcely be pitied. It is hardly to be believed that God, who is a wife Being, fhould place a foul, efpecially a good foul, in fuch a black ugly body. It is fo natural... | |
 | English literature - 1799 - 334 pages
...foul ; A fenfe of worth, a confcience of defert, A high, unbroken haughtinefs of heart j " fcarcely be pitied. It is hardly to be believed that God, " who is a wife Being, fhould place a foul, efpecially a good " foul, in fuch a black, xigly body." When Montefquisu... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1802 - 378 pages
...than flaves. Thefe creatures are all over black, and with fuch a flat nofe, that they can fcarcely be pitied. It is hardly to be believed that God, who is a wife being, fhould place a foul, efpecially a good foul, in fuch a black and ugly body. It is fo natural... | |
 | 1817 - 482 pages
...c. 5.) are all over black, and with such a flat nose, that they can scarcely be pitied,' and that ' it is hardly to be believed that God, who is a wise...soul, especially a good soul, in such a black ugly body'—have, with little mutation, been seriously and earnestly alleged, in favour of the practice,... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Jurisprudence - 1823 - 810 pages
...VOL. I. K These creatures are all over black, and with such a flat nose, that they can scarcely be pitied. It is hardly to be believed that God, who...especially a good soul, in such a black, ugly body. It is so natural to look upon colour, as the criterion of human nature, that the Asiatics, among whom... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...slaves. " These creatures are all over black, and with such a flat nose, that they can scarcely be pitied. " It is hardly to be believed that God, who...especially a good soul, in such a black ugly body. " The colour of the skin may be determined by that of the hair ; which, among the Egyptians, the best... | |
 | 1853 - 704 pages
...Nigger," that " these creatures are all over black, and with such a fiat nose that they are scarcely to be pitied. It is hardly to be believed that God, who...sometimes sleeps, and I think you will agree with me, that .even Montesquieu sometimes talks nonsense. Looking at Sambo physiologically, he undoubtedly... | |
 | Cassius Marcellus Clay - History - 1848 - 550 pages
...fellow-men," breaks out into the most exquisite, and scathing irony : " It is hardly to be supposed that God, who is a wise being, should place a soul,...especially a good soul, in such a black, ugly body." " It is impossible to suppose that these creatures are men, because, allowing them to be men. a suspicion... | |
 | Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - French literature - 1854 - 522 pages
...than slaves. These creatures are all over black, and with such a flat nose, that they can scarcely be pitied. It is hardly to be believed that God, who...especially a good soul, in such a black ugly body. The colour of the skin may be determined by that of the hair, which among the Egyptians,. — the best... | |
 | J. W.. Gilbart - History - 1857 - 178 pages
...than slaves. " These creatures are all over black, and with such a flat nose that they can scarcely be pitied. " It is hardly to be believed that God, who...especially a good soul, in such a black, ugly body. " It is impossible for us to suppose these creatures to be men ; because, allowing them to be men,... | |
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