He mingled with every sentence he uttered some profane expression, or solemn appeal to his "honor," and seemed to be greatly delighted with hearing himself talk.
He displayed all those prejudices which might naturally be looked for in a mind educated and trained as his had been.

As to the conduct of the apprentices, he said they were peaceable and industrious, and mostly well disposed.

But after all, the negroes were a perverse race of people.

It was a singular fact, he said, that the severer the master, the better the apprentices.

When the master was mild and indulgent, they were sure to be lazy, insolent, and unfaithful.