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... took me . Den he married , an ' my ole massa gave me to him ' long wid my wife an ' family , an ' some o ' th ' others dat b'longed to dis heah estate , all to young Massa Harry ; lesewise he was young Massa Harry a ' dat time . So he took ...
... took me . Den he married , an ' my ole massa gave me to him ' long wid my wife an ' family , an ' some o ' th ' others dat b'longed to dis heah estate , all to young Massa Harry ; lesewise he was young Massa Harry a ' dat time . So he took ...
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... took another holiday ; but this time on a wedding trip . In a few months he received tidings that his first wife , acting on the same philosophic principles , had also solaced herself with an- other helpmeet . It will be observed that ...
... took another holiday ; but this time on a wedding trip . In a few months he received tidings that his first wife , acting on the same philosophic principles , had also solaced herself with an- other helpmeet . It will be observed that ...
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... took a self - satisfied survey of his crop . That negro was one of ten thousand : such emulation is very rare among them . Home - sickness - sickness induced by climate , despondency , and morbid anxiety soon drove the author forth from ...
... took a self - satisfied survey of his crop . That negro was one of ten thousand : such emulation is very rare among them . Home - sickness - sickness induced by climate , despondency , and morbid anxiety soon drove the author forth from ...
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... took up the cudgels , and spoke of the sacri- fice the owners were obliged to make when they had fled , with the Federal gun - boats firing on them . He said one lady had informed him that she had saved three negroes out of two hundred ...
... took up the cudgels , and spoke of the sacri- fice the owners were obliged to make when they had fled , with the Federal gun - boats firing on them . He said one lady had informed him that she had saved three negroes out of two hundred ...
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... took shame to themselves for having been so bitter against him , Thomas Godolphin . 1 Not so in regard to George . He did not regain his place in their estimation : and if they could have hoisted Mr. George on a pole in front of the ...
... took shame to themselves for having been so bitter against him , Thomas Godolphin . 1 Not so in regard to George . He did not regain his place in their estimation : and if they could have hoisted Mr. George on a pole in front of the ...
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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...