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" I know not what ideas that lord may entertain of God and nature; but I know that such abominable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. What! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian scalping-knife... "
Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III.
by Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 8

Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...to the mafiacres of the Indian fcalping knife, to the cannibal favage torturing, murdering^ reading, and eating — literally, .my lords, eating the mangled...his barbarous battles! — Such horrible notions: fhock ,ejvery precept of religion, divine or natia'raly and every generous feeling of humanity ;—...
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Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament ..., Volume 2

William Belsham - Great Britain - 1795 - 496 pages
...principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity.— —What ! to attribute the sacred sanction of GOD and Nature to the massacres of the Indian scalping-knife ! — to the cannibal-savage, torturing, murdering, devouring, drinking the blood of his mangled victims ! Such...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1797 - 440 pages
...Indian fcalping knife—to the cannibal 1-avage. torturing, 'muidering, reafting, and eating; literal'y, my Lords, eating the mangled victims of his barbarous battles! Such horrible notions fhock every precept of religion, divine or natural, and every generous feeling of humanity. And, my...
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The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces ...

Caleb Bingham - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1807 - 312 pages
...to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian scalping knife 1 to the cannibal savage, torturing, murdering, roasting,...horrible notions shock every precept of religion, divine or natural, and every generous feeling of humanity. And my lords, they shock every sentiment of honor...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 5

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian scalping knife — to the cannibal savage torturing, murdering, roasting,...horrible notions shock every precept of religion, divine or natural, and every generous feeling of humanity. And, my lords, they shock every sentimen of honour...
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Anecdotes of the life of ... William Pitt, earl of Chatham [by J ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1810 - 380 pages
...principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. — What ! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian scalpingknife—...horrible notions shock every precept of religion, divine or natural, and every generous feeling of humanity. And, my Lords, they shock every sentiment of honour...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1810 - 378 pages
...principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. — What ! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian scalpingknife—...horrible notions shock every precept of religion, divine or natural, and every generous feeling of humanity. And, my Lords, they shock every sentiment of honour;...
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The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer].

Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...cannibal savage torturing, murdering, roasting and eating—literally, my lords, eating the maBgled victims of his barbarous battles! —Such horrible notions shock every precept of religion, divine or natural, and every generous feeling of humanity ;—and my lords, they shock every sentiment of...
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Niles' National Register, Volume 2

1812 - 438 pages
...sacredpanction of God and nature to themassa cres of th« Indians scalping knife — to the canniba! garage, torturing, murdering, roasting and eating; literally, my lords, eating the mangled victims ol his barbarous battles ! Such horrible notions shock every precept of religion, divine or natural,...
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1814 - 736 pages
...What! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian scalping. knife -—to the cannibal savage torturing, murdering, roasting,...horrible notions shock every precept of religion, divine or natural, and every generous feeling of humanity. And, my lords, they shock every sentiment of honour...
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