Hesperos, Or, Travels in the West, Band 2J.W. Parker, 1850 |
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... remain where I was , so I left the chapel ; but , alas , I could not escape the sight of human suf- fering , for there , exposed to the cold north wind , and the now - commencing sleety rain , stood the temporary sheds of the poor ...
... remain where I was , so I left the chapel ; but , alas , I could not escape the sight of human suf- fering , for there , exposed to the cold north wind , and the now - commencing sleety rain , stood the temporary sheds of the poor ...
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... remain where she was , the only words I could extract from the little sleepy black attendant were , Miss ull come in right away . ' Five minutes afterwards , she glided into the room , wrapped in a white morning gown , and with her jet ...
... remain where she was , the only words I could extract from the little sleepy black attendant were , Miss ull come in right away . ' Five minutes afterwards , she glided into the room , wrapped in a white morning gown , and with her jet ...
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... , and were wet through ( with the heavy night - dew ) that we reached our temporary home at New Washington . We shall remain here three days longer and then return to Galveston . LETTER XXXIII . A PRAIRIE VISIT NEW SETTLERS - CHEERFUL G 3.
... , and were wet through ( with the heavy night - dew ) that we reached our temporary home at New Washington . We shall remain here three days longer and then return to Galveston . LETTER XXXIII . A PRAIRIE VISIT NEW SETTLERS - CHEERFUL G 3.
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... remain where we were for the night . The place where we were now fixed , was not one which ( had we been free agents ) we should have chosen for our night quarters : it was a broad ex- panse of water , but still not so extensive as to ...
... remain where we were for the night . The place where we were now fixed , was not one which ( had we been free agents ) we should have chosen for our night quarters : it was a broad ex- panse of water , but still not so extensive as to ...
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... remain on the island . Our next greeting pro- ceeded from a tribe of negro women and girls , of all shades of colour , from jet black to clear brunette ; they spoke little of any language be- sides a very indifferent mongrel Spanish ...
... remain on the island . Our next greeting pro- ceeded from a tribe of negro women and girls , of all shades of colour , from jet black to clear brunette ; they spoke little of any language be- sides a very indifferent mongrel Spanish ...
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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...