 | 1837 - 656 דפים
...held. In one of his epistles to his friend Atticus, the Roman orator recommends him not to obtain his slaves from Britain, because ' they are so stupid,...and utterly incapable of being taught, that they are unfit to form a part of the household of Atticus.' At the present day, the Chinese do not form a much... | |
 | John Williams - 1840 - 174 דפים
...held. In one of his epistles to his friend Attiens, the Roman orator recommends him not to obtain his slaves from Britain, because "they are so stupid,...and utterly incapable of being taught, that they are 134 POLYNESIAN WIT AND HUMOUR— THEIRFROVERBS— THEIR GOOD SENSE. unlit to form a part of the household... | |
 | John Harris - 1842 - 504 דפים
...to be too stupid even for slaves — when Cicero could advise his friend Atticus not to obtain his slaves from Britain, " because they are so stupid,...and utterly incapable of being taught, that they are unfit to form a part of the household of Atticus." But that which the Gospel effected for us, its modern... | |
 | Ebenezer Prout - 1846 - 544 דפים
...held. In one of his epistles to his friend Atticus, the Roman orator recommends him not to obtain his slaves from Britain, because " they are so stupid,...and utterly incapable of being taught, that they are 134 POLYNESIAN WIT AND HUMOUR— THEIR PRO VERBS— THEIR GOOD SE>iSE. unfit to form a part of the... | |
 | John Harris - 1858 - 418 דפים
...to be too stupid even for slaves — when Cicero could advise his friend Atticus not to obtain his slaves from Britain, " because they are so stupid,...and utterly incapable of being taught, that they are unfit to form a part of the household of Atticus." But that which the gospel effected for us, its modern... | |
 | George Nicol Gordon, J. D. G. - 1863 - 320 דפים
...unblessed by the Gospel. They might profitably listen to Cicsar as he thus addresses Atticus : ' Do not obtain your slaves from Britain, because they are...incapable of being taught that they are not fit to form a portion of the household of Atticus.' But when the banner of the Cross took the place of the Roman... | |
 | James Bonwick - 1870 - 364 דפים
...Britons, Cicero's letter to Atticus may be cited : " Do not obtain your slaves from Britain," wrote he, " because they are so stupid, and utterly incapable...they are not fit to form a part of the household of Athens." Professor Waitz once said, " A large consumption of indigestible aliments gives so much work... | |
 | James Bonwick - 1870 - 368 דפים
...slaves from Britain," wrote he, " because they are so stupid, and utterly ineapable of being tavglit, that they are not fit to form a part of the household of Athens." Professor Waltz once said, " A large consumption of indigestible aliments gives so much work... | |
 | William E. Marshall - 1873 - 338 דפים
...at least compare him with the ancient-Celt of our own country, of whom it has been written ; 'Do not obtain your slaves from Britain, because they are...incapable of being taught, that they are not fit to form part of the household of Athens.' 3 . • * I abstain from giving a diagnosis of the Toda character;... | |
 | William Elliot Marshall - 1873 - 342 דפים
...own country, of whom it has been written ; 'Do not obtain your slaves from Britain, because they arc so stupid, and utterly incapable of being taught, that they are not fit to form part of the household of Athens.' 3 2 I abstain from giving a diagnosis of the Toda character ; such... | |
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Do not obtain your slaves from Britain because they are so stupid and so utterly incapable of being taught that they are not fit to form a part of the household of Athens. 
