 | David Barry Desmond Asker - Metamorphosis in literature - 2001 - 184 pages
...other species of men (of which are 4 or 5 different kinds) to be naturally inferior to the White .... In Jamaica, indeed they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning; but 'tis likely he is admired for very slender accomplishments like a parrot, who speaks a few words plausibly",5 In general,... | |
 | J. Gerald Kennedy, Liliane Weissberg - African Americans in literature - 2001 - 314 pages
...white, and especially English, civilization. "In JAMAICA, indeed," he writes, "they talk of one negroe as a man of parts and learning; but 'tis likely he is admired for very slender accomplishments, like a parrot, who speaks a few words plainly" (Hume, 86;... | |
 | Phillis Wheatley - Poetry - 2001 - 280 pages
...Guiney. Mr. Hume, who had heard of Williams, says of him, "In Jamaica indeed they talk of one Negroe as a man of parts and learning; but 'tis likely he is admired for very slender accomplishments, like a parrot who speaks a few words plainly" [Long quotes... | |
 | Pauline E. Schloesser - Political Science - 2002 - 243 pages
...breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are NEGROE slaves dispersed all over EUROPE, of which none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; tho'...every profession. In JAMAICA indeed they talk of one negroe as a man of parts and learning; but 'tis likely he is admired for very slender accomplishments,... | |
 | C. L. Innes - History - 2002 - 336 pages
...speculation . . . Not to mention our colonies, there are Negroe slaves dispersed all over Europe, of which none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; tho' low people without education will start up among us and distinguish themselves in every profession. In Jamaica indeed, they talk of one negroe... | |
 | Harry H. Singleton - Religion - 2002 - 148 pages
...ingenious manufactures amongst them, no arts, no sciences. . . . In Jamaica indeed they talk of one negroe as a man of parts and learning; but 'tis likely he is admired for very slender accomplishments, like a parrot, who speaks a few words plainly.2 Immanuel... | |
 | Sankar Muthu - Philosophy - 2009 - 368 pages
...breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are NEGROE slaves dispersed all over EUROPE, of which none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; tho'...us, and distinguish themselves in every profession." Kant may have awakened from his dogmatic slumbers by reading Hume, as the story goes, but in this case,... | |
 | Felicity Nussbaum - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 356 pages
...NEGROE slaves dispersed all over EUROPE, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; though low people, without education, will start up amongst...every profession. In JAMAICA, indeed they talk of one Negroe as a man of parts and learning; but it is likely he is admired for slender accomplishments,... | |
 | David Hume - History - 2003 - 376 pages
...NEGROE slaves dispersed all over EUROPE, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; though low people, without education, will start up amongst...every profession. In JAMAICA, indeed, they talk of one negroe as a man of parts and learning; but it is likely he is admired for slender accomplishments,... | |
 | Clarence Sholé Johnson - Law - 2003 - 250 pages
...negroe slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; though low people without education will start up amongst...every profession. In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one negroe as a man of parts and learning; but it is likely he is admired for slender accomplishments,... | |
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In JAMAICA indeed they talk of one negroe as a man of parts and learning; but 'tis likely he is admired for very slender accomplishments, like a parrot, who speaks a few words plainly. 
