Hesperos, Or, Travels in the West, Band 2J.W. Parker, 1850 |
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... allowed them ) coming to some private understanding , as to the best manner of conducting the race , the entire meaning of which confederation was known only to themselves . I , however , heard the elder and more knowing one of the two ...
... allowed them ) coming to some private understanding , as to the best manner of conducting the race , the entire meaning of which confederation was known only to themselves . I , however , heard the elder and more knowing one of the two ...
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... allowed to claim his bride . But after such an avowal , America was no longer a country for him , so he lost no time in carrying off his rich and lovely bride to far - off ( and , in this case , more liberal ) Europe , for there wealth ...
... allowed to claim his bride . But after such an avowal , America was no longer a country for him , so he lost no time in carrying off his rich and lovely bride to far - off ( and , in this case , more liberal ) Europe , for there wealth ...
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... allowed us to penetrate a little too far behind the scenes . It was after dinner , otherwise the Diplomatist would not , in all proba- bility , have been thrown so much off his guard ; but after repeating to us some really remarkable ...
... allowed us to penetrate a little too far behind the scenes . It was after dinner , otherwise the Diplomatist would not , in all proba- bility , have been thrown so much off his guard ; but after repeating to us some really remarkable ...
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... allowed to wonder why the ostensible room was made to do duty for bed - room and parlour , and h - all , ' for such was , in fact , the state of the case . A BACHELOR'S ESTABLISHMENT . No one was , apparently , more heartily amused at ...
... allowed to wonder why the ostensible room was made to do duty for bed - room and parlour , and h - all , ' for such was , in fact , the state of the case . A BACHELOR'S ESTABLISHMENT . No one was , apparently , more heartily amused at ...
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... allowed to agree in their request ; but , to my regret and surprise , ( for I should have imagined that the Americans would have been both more liberal and more courteous , ) they put a decided veto on the proposition . The discussion ...
... allowed to agree in their request ; but , to my regret and surprise , ( for I should have imagined that the Americans would have been both more liberal and more courteous , ) they put a decided veto on the proposition . The discussion ...
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a-head abolitionists agreeable ALLIGATOR American amused appeared APPENDIX arrival Attakapas bank Barataria beauty black race boat boiling bowie knife called cause character church coloured comfortable confess creatures dangerous deck dollars Don Ribiera effect emigrants engineer England English evils feel freedom FRENCH CREOLE GALT HOUSE Galveston gentlemen German Gulf of Mexico happy heard HESPEROS horses hundred Indian interest island kind labour ladies land Leonora LETTER Liberia lives Locofoco look Louisiana Louisville manner master ment miles Mississippi Mississippi river morning negro never night o'clock Octavo opinion Orleans ourselves overseer Parker party passed passengers planters poor possessed prairie QUADROON racter remarkable river saloon seemed seen Shadowan shore short side slave-owners slavery slaves society soon South steam-boat steamer stewardess sugar plantation Texas tion traveller trees vessel voyage whole wood Yankee
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Seite 174 - O curse of marriage, That we can call these delicate creatures ours, And not their appetites ! I had rather be a toad, And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, Than keep a corner in the thing I love For others
Seite 274 - I do not know what to make of them; was there a white man over them with a whip in his hand all day, why then I should see and understand the cause of their running, and incessant labour; but I cannot comprehend it, sir; there is something in it, sir — there is something in it. Great man, sir, that Jim— great man, sir — should like to own him, sir, should like to own him.
Seite 279 - Compton Merivale: another Leaf from the Lesson of Life. By the Author of Brampton Rectory.
Seite 59 - District shall accept any challenge to fight a duel, or to engage in single combat with any deadly or dangerous instrument or weapon, whatever, or shall...
Seite 58 - That if any person shall, in the District of Columbia, challenge another to fight a duel, or shall send or deliver any written or verbal message purporting or intended to be such challenge, or shall accept any such challenge or message, or shall knowingly carry or deliver any such challenge or message, or shall knowingly carry or deliver an acceptance of such challenge or message...
Seite 263 - ... longer apparently the same people. A sedateness, a care, an economy, an industry, took possession of them, to which there seemed to be no bounds, but in their physical strength. They were never tired of laboring, and seemed as though they could never effect enough.
Seite 60 - And be it further enacted, that if any person shall assault, strike, beat, or wound, or cause to be assaulted, stricken, beaten, or wounded, any person in the district of Columbia...
Seite 262 - Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.' " From the foregoing summary, it will be seen that the basis of my plan for their success and government was religion — a desire to awaken in their bosoms the love of the divinity. Hope and trust in him, once born in their souls, would produce its...