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... leaving Cinta screaming after one of the Topsies , who were all too intent on their obser- vations of the stranger to think of their young mistress's claims on their atten- tion . " Aunt Ailsey " again drives them off , sending one for ...
... leaving Cinta screaming after one of the Topsies , who were all too intent on their obser- vations of the stranger to think of their young mistress's claims on their atten- tion . " Aunt Ailsey " again drives them off , sending one for ...
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... leave his master . He considered a good deal , and looked very grave . " Massa Harry , I'se boun ' not to lebe you , sah ! I likes her mightily , an ' I be right smart sorry she be a goin ' , but I likes dis heah place too . If my ...
... leave his master . He considered a good deal , and looked very grave . " Massa Harry , I'se boun ' not to lebe you , sah ! I likes her mightily , an ' I be right smart sorry she be a goin ' , but I likes dis heah place too . If my ...
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... leave her to relate in her own words : She never would bring in firewood before a storm came on , and after keeping one waiting shivering in the sudden change of temperature , she invariably brought in three wet , straight logs , which ...
... leave her to relate in her own words : She never would bring in firewood before a storm came on , and after keeping one waiting shivering in the sudden change of temperature , she invariably brought in three wet , straight logs , which ...
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... leaving every scrap on the floor for me to pick up . The next time she came , pretending Jeff wanted very much to come and see me ( intelligent baby of six months old ! ) , she promised to put away the toys if I would allow them to be ...
... leaving every scrap on the floor for me to pick up . The next time she came , pretending Jeff wanted very much to come and see me ( intelligent baby of six months old ! ) , she promised to put away the toys if I would allow them to be ...
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... leave their homes and masters , if they do hear of it . But some , no doubt , will hear of it , and also take advantage of it , as the negroes of New Orleans are doing . " " Do you not think that the greater part of them will rise , and ...
... leave their homes and masters , if they do hear of it . But some , no doubt , will hear of it , and also take advantage of it , as the negroes of New Orleans are doing . " " Do you not think that the greater part of them will rise , and ...
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Page 42 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Page 40 - And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life. In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even ! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Page 414 - Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ; Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro...
Page 232 - Fairer seems the ancient city, and the sunshine seems more fair, That he once has trod its pavement, that he once has breathed its air!
Page 476 - La pièce du jeune poète de quinze ans se terminait par ces vers : Moi, qui toujours fuyant les cités et les cours, De trois, lustres à peine ai vu finir le cours.
Page 252 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun. And by-and-by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Page 246 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest I will go; thy people shall be my people and thy God my God.
Page 166 - ... and if ever he meditate on power, go toss up thy baby to his brow, and bring back his thoughts into his heart by the music of thy discourse. Teach him to live unto God and unto thee ; and he will discover that women, like the plants in woods, derive their softness and tenderness from the shade.
Page 45 - He stated that there was a great deal to be Said on both sides...
Page 420 - A heroic Wallace, quartered on the scaffold, cannot hinder that his Scotland become, one day, a part of England ; but he does hinder that it become, on tyrannous, unfair terms, a part of it...