 We lose a good deal of our sympathy with the spirit of freedom in Greece and Rome, when the importunate recollection occurs to us, of the tasks which might be enjoined, and the punishments which might be inflicted, without control either of law or opinion,...  View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages - Page 105by Henry Hallam - 1835 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Walsh - Public opinion Great Britain - 1819 - 574 pages
...every age and country," says Hallam, in his History of the Middle Ages, " until times comparatively recent, personal servitude appears to have been the lot of a large, perhaps the greater portion of our species. We lose a good deal of our sympathy with the spirit of freedom in Greece and Rome, when... | |
 | 1845 - 778 pages
...numerous class of society.* Hallam remarks, that " in every age and country, until times comparatively recent, personal servitude appears to have been the...a large, perhaps the greater portion of mankind.'' The people of Europe had engaged in the traffic of negro slaves some time before the discovery of America.... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - Industries - 1851 - 760 pages
...freemen, but of slaves."* "And in every age and country, until times comparatively recent," says Hallam, " personal servitude appears to have been the lot of a large, perhaps the greater portion, of mankind."f Slavery was established and sanctioned by Divine authority, among even the elect of Heaven... | |
 | Industries - 1851 - 770 pages
...freemen, but of slaves."* "And in every age and country, until times comparatively recent," says Hallam, " personal servitude appears to have been the lot of a large, perhaps the greater portion, of mankind."f Slavery was established and sanctioned by Divine authority, among even the elect of Heaven—... | |
 | None - History - 1852 - 492 pages
...freemen, but of slaves."* " And in every age and country, until times comparatively recent," says Halwlam, "personal servitude appears to have been the lot of a large, perhaps the greater portion of mankincl."f Slavery was established and sanctioned by divine authority, among even the elect of heaven,... | |
 | Slavery - 1852 - 506 pages
...freemen, but of slaves."* " And in every age and country, until times comparatively recent," says Hallam, "personal servitude appears to have been the lot of a large, perhaps the greater portion of mankind."f Slavery was established and sanctioned by divine authority, among even the elect of heaven,... | |
 | Slavery - 1853 - 518 pages
...but of slaves."* " And in every age and country, until times comparatively recent," says Hallam, " personal servitude appears to have been the lot of...a large, perhaps the greater portion of mankind."! /Slavery was established and sanctioned by divine authority, \ among even the elect of heaven, the... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1856 - 532 pages
...times comparatively re^0,. cent, personal servitude appears to have been the vtiiein.. jQj. Qf a ]arg6) perhaps the greater, portion of mankind. We lose a...the punishments which might be inflicted, without control either of law or opinion, by the keenest patriot of the Comitia, or the Council of Five Thousand.... | |
 | John Wade - England - 1856 - 862 pages
...antiquity. Personal servitude, indeed, as Mr. Hallam remarks, up to a comparatively recent period, has been the lot of a large, perhaps the greater, portion of mankind. Great as was the Norman revolution, it did not effect any change in the condition of the masses. Their... | |
 | Thomas Read Rootes Cobb - History - 1858 - 298 pages
...DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. "!N every age and country, until times comparatively recent," says Mr. Hallam, "personal servitude appears to have been the lot of...a large, perhaps the greater portion of mankind." 1 Certainly during the middle ages, upon the continent of Europe, it was universal. So much oppressed... | |
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