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" I cannot alter the nature of man. 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... "
A memoir of the political life of ... Edmund Burke - Page 98
by George Croly - 1840
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Maxims and Opinions: Moral, Political, and Economical, with Characters from ...

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1804 - 228 pages
...man. The fact is so; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with an higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all -the antient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such in our days were the Poles; and such will...
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...man. The fact is so; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with an higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the antient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such in our days were the Poles; and such...
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The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the ..., Volume 2

Bryan Edwards - Bahamas - 1806 - 428 pages
...something that is " more noble and liberal. Thus, the people of the " southern colonies of America, are much more ' " strongly, and with a higher and...those to the " northward. Such were all the ancient common" wealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such " in our days are the Poles; and such will be...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...man. The fact is so ; and these people of the sourthern colonies are much more strongly, and with an higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty...were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothick ancestors ; such in our days were the Poles ; and such will be all masters of slaves, who are...
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The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the ..., Volume 2

Bryan Edwards - Bahamas - 1807 - 646 pages
...something that is more noble " and liberal. Thus the people of the Southern " Colonies (of America) are much more strongly, " and with a higher and more...stubborn spirit, " attached to liberty, than those to the North" ward. Such were all the ancient common" wealths ; such were our Gothick ancestors; " such in...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...as much pride as virtue in it ; but I cannot alter the nature of man. " The fact is so ; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly,...were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothick ancestors : such in our days were the Poles ; and such will be all masters of slaves, who are...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...least as much pride as virtue in it ; but I cannot alter the nature of man. The fact is so; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly,...were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothick ancestors : such in our days were the Poles ; and such will be all masters of slaves, who are...
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Inchiquin the Jesuit's Letters, During a Late Residence in the United States ...

Charles Jared Ingersoll - United States - 1810 - 186 pages
...exterior of servitude, liberty looks, amongst them, like something that is more noble and liberal. The people of the southern colonies are much more...more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those of the northern. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; and such will be the masters of slaves,...
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Parliamentary speeches from 1761 to 1802

William Hazlitt - Orators - 1810 - 612 pages
...man. The fact is so, and these people of th« southern colonies are much more strongly, and with an higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty...those to, the northward. Such were all the ancient comtton-wealths, such were our Gothic ancestors, such in our days were the Poles, and such will be...
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The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to ..., Volume 18

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 768 pages
...least as much pride as virtue in it ; but I cannot alter the nature of man. The fact is so; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly,...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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