The Social Emancipation of the GipsiesT.R. Knox & Company, 1884 - 29 páginas |
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Página 25 - For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement exhortation, for subtle disquisition, for every purpose of the poet, the orator, and the divine, this homely dialect, the dialect of plain working men, was perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language ; no book which shows so well how rich that language is in its own proper wealth, and how little it has been improved by all that it has borrowed.
Página 20 - After I had been thus for some considerable time, another thought came in my mind; and that was, whether we were of the Israelites, or no? For finding in the Scriptures that they were once the peculiar people of God, thought I, if I were one of this race, my soul must needs be happy.
Página 25 - Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement exhortation, for subtle disquisition, for every purpose of the poet, the orator, and the divine, this homely dialect, the dialect of plain working men, was perfectly sufficient.
Página 20 - For my descent, then, it was, as is well known by many, of a low and inconsiderable generation ; my father's house being of that rank that is meanest and most despised of all the families in the land.
Página 15 - His descent," to use his own words, " was of a low and inconsiderable generation, his father's house being of that rank which is meanest and most despised of all the families in the land.
Página 20 - I often, when these temptations had been with force upon me, did compare myself to the case of such a child, whom some gipsy hath by force took up in her arms, and is carrying from friend and country. Kick sometimes I did, and also shriek and cry; but yet I was bound in the wings of the temptation, and the wind would carry me away.
Página 29 - ... be hypothetical, and has been put forward rather to invite than to silence criticism. In order to discover truth, we must be truthful ourselves, and must welcome those who point out our errors as heartily as those who approve and confirm our discoveries.
Página 23 - On his outward history, on his business and his fortunes with it, he is totally silent. Worldly interests were not worth mentioning. He is solely occupied with his rescue from spiritual perdition. Soon after he had profited by the woman's rebuke, he fell in " with a poor man that made profession of religion and talked pleasantly of the Scriptures.
Página 9 - I should not imagine that he knows personally much of either, particularly the Gipsies. His remark is too short, vague, and obscure to admit of any comment being made on it. For a full discussion of the two questions I refer him to the
Página 9 - vulgar error," started by some person now unknown, and echoed by others after him ? " (p. 162). The Duke further said that the preservation of the Jews is " a striking illustration how a departure from the 'ordinary course of Nature' may be effected through the instrumentality of means which are natural and comprehensible.