 The benevolence of your heart, my dear Marquis, is so conspicuous upon all occasions that I never wonder at any fresh proofs of it ; but your late purchase of an estate in the Colony of Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous...  The Life and Letters of Washington Irving - Page 288by Pierre Munroe Irving - 1864Full view - About this book
 | George Washington - 1835 - 568 pages
...Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity.* Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally...of this country. But I despair of seeing it. Some peti* In a remarkable and very interesting letter, written by Lafayette in the prison of Magdeburg,... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 pages
...Cayenne with a view of emancipating the " slaves on it is a generous and noble proof of " your humanity. Would to God a like spirit " might diffuse itself...But I despair of " seeing it. Some petitions were presented to the " Assembly at its last Session for the abolition " of Slavery, but they could scarcely... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 580 pages
...Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity.* Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally...of this country. But I despair of seeing it. Some peti* In a remarkable and very interesting letter, written by Lafayette in the prison of Magdeburg,... | |
 | Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier marquis de Lafayette - 1837 - 502 pages
...the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity. Would to God a like spirit would diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people...; but I despair of seeing it. Some petitions were presented to the assembly, at its last session, for the abolition of slavery, but they could scarcely... | |
 | Frederick Freeman - 1837 - 364 pages
...emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity. Would to God Southern views. a like spirit might diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people of this country. * * Some petitions were presented to the assembly, at its last session, for the abolition... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 454 pages
...of Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity. Would to God, a like spirit might diffuse itself generally,...! But I despair of seeing it. Some petitions were presented to the assembly at its last session, for the abolition of slavery ; but they could scarely... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 576 pages
...Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity.* Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally...of this country. But I despair of seeing it. Some peti* In a remarkable and very interesting letter, written by Lafayette in the prison of Magdeburg,... | |
 | Ebenezer Mack - 1841 - 396 pages
...Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity. Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally...country. But I despair of seeing it. Some petitions were presented to the Assembly, at its last session, for the abolition of slavery, but they could scarcely... | |
 | Ebenezer Mack - 1843 - 392 pages
...Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves on ft, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity. Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally...country. But I despair of seeing it. Some petitions were presented to the Assembly, at its last session, for the abolition of slavery, but they could scarcely... | |
 | 1843 - 708 pages
...Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity. Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally...! But I despair of seeing it. Some petitions were presented to the Assembly at its last session for the abolition of slavery, but they could scarcely... | |
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