| Books - 1774 - 592 pages
...by the name offaflion ; and under the lhadow of this word, he couldconceal their wounds, and his owa guilt. ' A faithful defcription of our provincial...little better than a portrait of artifice, duplicity, haugbtinefs, violence, rapine, avarice, meanneft, rancour and diC-. honefty ranged in fucceffion ;... | |
| several hands - 1774 - 596 pages
...o(fażlion; and under the iliadow of this word, he could conceal t bar wounds, and his ovau guilt. 1 A faithful defcription of our provincial governors,...would be little better than a portrait of artifice, dupluiiv, haughtinefs, violence, rapine, avarice, meannefs, rancour and difhonefty ranged in fuccefiion... | |
| Robert Montgomery Martin - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1850 - 230 pages
...the * Edwards, vol. i., p. 231. t Bridges' Jamaica, vol. i., pp. 322-'3. j " A faithful description of our provincial governors, and men in power, would...little better than a portrait of artifice, duplicity, haughtiness, violence, rapine, avarice, meanness, rancour, and dishonesty, ranged in succession ; suburbs,... | |
| Kathleen Wilson - England - 2003 - 312 pages
...ameliorate. Edward Long summed up established local feeling when he remarked that "a faithful description of our Provincial governors and men in power, would...little better than a portrait of artifice, duplicity, haughtiness, violence, rapine, avarice, meanness, rancor and dishonesty, ranged in succession." From... | |
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