Hesperos, Or, Travels in the West, Band 2J.W. Parker, 1850 |
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... observation for a season , she remains in town , ' and the day after she has become a wife , enters her ' parlour ' in all her braverie , ' to re- ceive a perfect levee of friends and acquaintances , who , according to the rules of ...
... observation for a season , she remains in town , ' and the day after she has become a wife , enters her ' parlour ' in all her braverie , ' to re- ceive a perfect levee of friends and acquaintances , who , according to the rules of ...
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... observed , that except in the mountainous regions of Texas , some hundred miles from Galveston Bay , there is no such thing as stone of any kind ; and most unfortunately for the credit of the savant , ( who did not appear at all to ...
... observed , that except in the mountainous regions of Texas , some hundred miles from Galveston Bay , there is no such thing as stone of any kind ; and most unfortunately for the credit of the savant , ( who did not appear at all to ...
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... plantations which are more removed from public observation , all sorts of atrocities may still be perpetrated to the disgrace of humanity , without any risk of loss of character LOUIS PHILIPPE'S HOME . 165 to the tyrant who is 164 .
... plantations which are more removed from public observation , all sorts of atrocities may still be perpetrated to the disgrace of humanity , without any risk of loss of character LOUIS PHILIPPE'S HOME . 165 to the tyrant who is 164 .
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... observations on the state and condition of the negroes , which observations were not , on the whole , very favourable either to the owner or his system ; in short , from all I have been able to gather during our sojourn in slave ...
... observations on the state and condition of the negroes , which observations were not , on the whole , very favourable either to the owner or his system ; in short , from all I have been able to gather during our sojourn in slave ...
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... observation would have been a just one some years ago , but now the chances of a struggle between the two races are every ... observed also , with regard to Louisiana and Mississippi , that it is only the white habitual residents who are ...
... observation would have been a just one some years ago , but now the chances of a struggle between the two races are every ... observed also , with regard to Louisiana and Mississippi , that it is only the white habitual residents who are ...
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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...