Hesperos, Or, Travels in the West, Band 2J.W. Parker, 1850 |
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... friends , so that the prospect of having such agreeable com- panions all the way down to New Orleans , made us look upon the voyage almost as a party of pleasure . There was also among the company a very agreeable Kentuckian , who was ...
... friends , so that the prospect of having such agreeable com- panions all the way down to New Orleans , made us look upon the voyage almost as a party of pleasure . There was also among the company a very agreeable Kentuckian , who was ...
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... friends and acquaintances , who , according to the rules of strict etiquette , pour in to offer their congratulations on the interesting occasion . With us , who , as a people , ( I mean the female half of it , ) are generally fated ...
... friends and acquaintances , who , according to the rules of strict etiquette , pour in to offer their congratulations on the interesting occasion . With us , who , as a people , ( I mean the female half of it , ) are generally fated ...
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... friends was very limited ) , and walking , when the weather permitted , on the hurricane deck . There is often very high , and also very dishonest play on board these steamers . I believe , however , that this evil has lately been ...
... friends was very limited ) , and walking , when the weather permitted , on the hurricane deck . There is often very high , and also very dishonest play on board these steamers . I believe , however , that this evil has lately been ...
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... friends left us , greatly to our regret . We put them ashore at the landing of their own plantation , and it was pleasant to see the genuine and heartily - expressed joy of their negroes , who , being most of them old retainers of the ...
... friends left us , greatly to our regret . We put them ashore at the landing of their own plantation , and it was pleasant to see the genuine and heartily - expressed joy of their negroes , who , being most of them old retainers of the ...
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... friends , ‹ Viens donc voir ! Voilà une dame avec un chapeau d'homme ! ' till I was fain to doff my beaver , and to take to a velvet cap , similar to those worn by the Creole ladies . 6 Among other places of amusement , we visited the ...
... friends , ‹ Viens donc voir ! Voilà une dame avec un chapeau d'homme ! ' till I was fain to doff my beaver , and to take to a velvet cap , similar to those worn by the Creole ladies . 6 Among other places of amusement , we visited the ...
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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...