The Dangers of the CountrySamuel F. Bradford, 1807 - 142 pagini |
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Pagina 49
... Africa , he well knows that he shall give us no means of future security against his arms ; but on the contrary , increase those fatal drains which exhaust our defensive energies . What can a man who wishes to conquer England , desire ...
... Africa , he well knows that he shall give us no means of future security against his arms ; but on the contrary , increase those fatal drains which exhaust our defensive energies . What can a man who wishes to conquer England , desire ...
Pagina 96
... Africa , which during the late peace , he formed the plan of colonizing and covering with military stations , might furnish a copious drain for the juvenile conscripts of England . Righteous governor of the world ! who knows , but it ...
... Africa , which during the late peace , he formed the plan of colonizing and covering with military stations , might furnish a copious drain for the juvenile conscripts of England . Righteous governor of the world ! who knows , but it ...
Pagina 106
... Africa , is un- questionably true . It is a foul libel , that the European continent owes its present miseries to British avarice ; but that the great Afri- can continent owes chiefly to that cause , miseries far greater and more ...
... Africa , is un- questionably true . It is a foul libel , that the European continent owes its present miseries to British avarice ; but that the great Afri- can continent owes chiefly to that cause , miseries far greater and more ...
Pagina 108
... Africa from the scourge , of the commerce . But considering how small a share she possessed of it , and how large a portion of it is in our hands , she could not hope in any great degree to benefit the unhappy natives of that country ...
... Africa from the scourge , of the commerce . But considering how small a share she possessed of it , and how large a portion of it is in our hands , she could not hope in any great degree to benefit the unhappy natives of that country ...
Pagina 110
... Africa and the West Indies , and by those receptacles of unspeakable misery , the ships that are passing between them ; and his awful report would be , Great Britain is that merciless nation . " It is by those only who have not read and ...
... Africa and the West Indies , and by those receptacles of unspeakable misery , the ships that are passing between them ; and his awful report would be , Great Britain is that merciless nation . " It is by those only who have not read and ...
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admit Africa aggravated alarming arms army battalions battle of Auerstadt bondage Boulogne British Buonaparte calamities cause character chastised chiefly Christian church civil colonies commerce conquered conqueror conquest conscripts constitution continent crimes danger defence divine dominion doubt dreadful duties effect enemy England equal Europe event evil fatal fate favour Fedon feelings fleets force foreign France freedom French French empire greatly guilt happy honour human important India iniquity innocent blood interior invasion island Jamaica justice labour land late laws least less liberty loss maritime means ment merchants military misery moral Napoleon nations nature negroes numbers object offence oppression patriotic peace Pelage perhaps possession present principles probably proportion racter reformation respect revolution ruin scourge slave trade slavery soldiers soon spirit suppose throne tion treaty treaty of Amiens troops usurper uti possidetis volunteer corps West Indies whole young
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Pagina 44 - And they cast dust on their heads, And cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, Wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! For in one hour is she made desolate.
Pagina 43 - How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Pagina 44 - And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
Pagina 44 - ... and cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
Pagina 128 - And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more ; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
Pagina 43 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit. and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Pagina 114 - ... the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
Pagina 114 - Thus saith the LORD, Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Pagina 113 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Pagina 128 - Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves.