 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pages
...•' I ask, my lords, whether the revengeful temper, attributed by poetic fiction only to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American i" These pleadings for a time worked great effect: the lords assented, ifae town was convinced,... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...! J ask, my lords, whether the revengeful temper attributed, by poetic fiction only, to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American ?" These pleadings for a time effected much. The lords assented, the towu wai convinced, Dr.... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 442 pages
..." ' I ask, my lords, whether the revengeful temper, attributed by poetic fiction only to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American.' " The speeches of Mr. Dunning (afterwards lord Ashburton) and Mr. Lee, who appeared as council... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - Indians of North America - 1824 - 524 pages
...destroy. 'I ask, my Lords, whether the revengeful temper attributed, by poetic fiction only, to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American ?' These pleadings for a time worked great effect : The lords assented, the town was convinced,... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...destroy.' *I ask, my lords, whether the revengeful temper, attributed by poetic fiction only to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American." Franklin is said to have stood during the time of the delivery of this long speech at the... | |
 | Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Art - 1827 - 342 pages
...power of government to bestow." " The revengeful temper, attributed by poetic fiction to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American," was the language of Wedderburn, cheered and applauded by peers of England, assembled to... | |
 | James Thacher - Medicine - 1828 - 318 pages
...destroy.' " I ask, my lords, whether the revengeful temper, attributed by poetic fiction only to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American ?" The speeches of Mr. Dunning, afterwards Lord Ashburton, and Mr. Lee, who appeared as counsel... | |
 | William Shepherd - United States - 1834 - 298 pages
...destroy.' I ask, my Lords, whether the revengeful temper attributed, by poetic fiction only, to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American?' Less fervid eloquence than this of Mr. Wedderburne's would have been sufficient to sway... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - Great Britain - 1835 - 364 pages
...destroy. I ask, my lords, whether the revengeful temper, attributed by poetic fiction only to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American ?' From the foregoing passages some idea may be formed of this celebrated philippic, which,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1837 - 564 pages
...destroy.' I ask, my Lords, whether the revengeful temper attributed, by poetic fiction only, to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American!" Mr. Vaughan adds; "Unfortunately for Mr. Wedderburn, the events of the war did not correspond... | |
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twas I — I forged the letter — I disposed the picture — I hated — I despised — and I destroy.' " I ask, my lords, whether the revengeful temper, attributed by poetic fiction only to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy... 
