 We are an idle people ; we are a busy people, and may not have leisure or disposition to pay all the personal attentions which politeness might prescribe ; but I am persuaded that any gentleman of character and moderation who should visit this country,...  The Correspondence of William Wilberforce - Page 180by William Wilberforce - 1840Full view - About this book
 | William Jay - Judges - 1833 - 558 pages
...gradually sinks into the minds of men, and though perhaps slowly and insensibly, by degrees it leaven's nearly the whole mass. It will tend to produce this...such a friendly reception as would show him that the circumstance of our being the descendants of common progenitors is not forgotten, or rather, that it... | |
 | William Jay - Judges - 1833 - 518 pages
...men, and though perhaps slowly and insensibly, by degrees it leavens nearly the whole mass. It wifl tend to produce this friendly disposition on your...such a friendly reception as would show him that the circumstance of our being the descendants of common progenitors is not forgotten, or rather, that it... | |
 | John Jay - History - 1890 - 564 pages
...side of the water, if more of your countrymen would come over and live awhile among us. We are not an idle people ; we are a busy people, and may not...such a friendly reception as would show him that the circumstance of our being the descendants of common progenitors is not forgotten, or rather, that it... | |
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