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 Quarterly Review - Page 517edited by - 1882Full view - About this book
| Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pages
...Revenge*. " Know then 'twas £: I forged the letter, I disposed the picture ; I hated, I despised, and 1 destroy. •' I ask, my lords, whether the revengeful...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, Dr... | |
| 1812 - 314 pages
...'t was 1 ! I forged the letter ! I disposed the picture ! , ' I hated, I despised, and I destroy ! J ask, my lords, whether the revengeful temper attributed,...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. Franklin... | |
| Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 432 pages
...up and avows himself the author of all. I can compare it only to Zanga, in Dr. Young's Revenge — Know then 'twas I I forged the letter — I disposed...the coolness and apathy of the wily American.' " The speeches of Mr. D'unning (afterwards lord Ashburton) and Mr. Lee, who appeared as council in behalf... | |
| Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 432 pages
...Revenge— Know then 'twas I I forged the letter—I disposed the picture— I hated—I despised—and I destroy. " ' I ask, my lords, whether the revengeful...the coolness and apathy of the wily American.' " The speeches of Mr. Dunning (afterwards lord Ashburton) and Mr. Lee, who appeared as council in behalf... | |
| Jedidiah Morse - Indians of North America - 1824 - 524 pages
...himself the author of all. 1 can compare it only to Zanga in Dr. Young's Revenge. " Know then 'twas 1 : I forged the letter, I disposed the picture ; I hated,...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, Dr.... | |
| United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...Know then 'twu— I— I forged the letter, 1 disposed the plctore ;— — I Siattd, 1 despifted, and I destroy.' *I ask, my lords, whether the revengeful...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 council-table,... | |
| Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Art - 1827 - 342 pages
...reward in the 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 listen to the... | |
| James Thacher - Medicine - 1828 - 318 pages
...1774. avows himself the author of all : I can compare it only to Zanga, in Dr. Young's Revenge : — ' Know then 'twas I — I forged the letter — I disposed...the coolness and apathy of the wily American ?" The speeches of Mr. Dunning, afterwards Lord Ashburton, and Mr. Lee, who appeared as counsel in behalf... | |
| William Shepherd - United States - 1834 - 298 pages
...and avows himself the author of all. I can compare it only to Zanga in Dr. Young's 'Revenge1 — ' Know, then, 'twas — I; I forged the letter; I disposed...by the coolness and apathy of the wily American?' Less fervid eloquence than this of Mr. Wedderburne's would have been sufficient to sway the decision... | |
| William Shepherd - United States - 1834 - 336 pages
...avows himself the author of all. I can compare it only to Zanga in Dr. Young's 'Revenge1 — ......' Know, then, 'twas — I; I forged the letter; I disposed...by the coolness and apathy of the wily American?' Less fervid eloquence than this of Mr. Wedderburne's would have been sufficient to sway the decision... | |
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