The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 193A. Constable, 1901 |
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... thought . By the old processes a slave could clean only five or six pounds of cotton a day ; and the plant , in consequence , could be cultivated with success only in those Oriental countries where labour was procurable at a much lower ...
... thought . By the old processes a slave could clean only five or six pounds of cotton a day ; and the plant , in consequence , could be cultivated with success only in those Oriental countries where labour was procurable at a much lower ...
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... thought that slavery had been virtually recognised by the founders of the American Constitution ; and they were not prepared to abolish by any arbitrary action an institution which the law and the Constitution allowed . While , however ...
... thought that slavery had been virtually recognised by the founders of the American Constitution ; and they were not prepared to abolish by any arbitrary action an institution which the law and the Constitution allowed . While , however ...
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... thought like Webster considered that in substance it was in favour of the North . For the stars in their courses were fighting against slavery . California had rejected it ; it was almost certain that New Mexico would equally reject it ...
... thought like Webster considered that in substance it was in favour of the North . For the stars in their courses were fighting against slavery . California had rejected it ; it was almost certain that New Mexico would equally reject it ...
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... thought the apostasy of the statesman in the lines beginning So fallen ! so lost ! the light withdrawn Which once he wore ! The glory from those grey hairs gone For evermore ! Abolitionists , however , did not confine themselves like ...
... thought the apostasy of the statesman in the lines beginning So fallen ! so lost ! the light withdrawn Which once he wore ! The glory from those grey hairs gone For evermore ! Abolitionists , however , did not confine themselves like ...
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... thought ' twould win applause , John , Ef nowheres else , from you . Yet something was to be said on the Southern side which even those whose sympathies , like our own , are with Lincoln and the North should not wholly ignore . For the ...
... thought ' twould win applause , John , Ef nowheres else , from you . Yet something was to be said on the Southern side which even those whose sympathies , like our own , are with Lincoln and the North should not wholly ignore . For the ...
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