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" 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; such were our Gothic ancestors; such... "
Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with characters, from ... - Page 106
by Edmund Burke - 1804
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 1; Volume 6; Volume 50

United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...more stubborn spirit, attached "to liberty, than those to the Northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such,...days, were the Poles; and such will be all masters of slave* who are not slaves themselves. In such a people, the haughtiness of domination, combined with...
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A Practical View of the Present State of Slavery in the West Indies, Or, An ...

Alexander Barclay - Black people - 1827 - 596 pages
...liberty looks among them like something ' that is more noble and liberal. Such were all ' the ancient commonwealths ; such were our ' Gothic ancestors ;...masters of slaves, ' who are not slaves themselves. In them haughti' ness combines with the spirit of freedom, forti' fies it, and renders it invincible.'...
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The Modern Traveller: A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and ...

Josiah Conder - Canada - 1830 - 360 pages
...and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such,...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." * It is obvious, however, that this aristocratic spirit of independence can, only under accidental...
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North America, Part 2

Josiah Conder - North America - 1830 - 362 pages
...and more stubborn spirit, attached fo liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such,...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." * It is obvious, however, that this aristocratic spirit of independence can, only under accidental...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 1; Volume 6; Volume 50

United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty, than those to the Northward. Such were all the ancient the constitution, that it rests on this legitimate and slave* who are not slaves themselves. In such a people, the haughtiness of domination, combined with...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 564 pages
...and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors; such...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. " Permit me, Sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part towards...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 33

Scotland - 1833 - 1034 pages
...and more stubborn spirit, attached to Liberty, than those to the Northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." His eloquent observation on the general taste for legal studies which predominated in America, is true...
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The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 744 pages
...liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothick ancestors; such in our days were the Poles ; and such...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. Permit me, Sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part towards...
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The works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 740 pages
...liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothick ancestors; such in our days were the Poles ; and such...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. Permit me, Sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part towards...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 648 pages
...and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient Ihe trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into...were able to evade this tempest, fled to the wall mich a people the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and...
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