The Slave Captain: A Legend of LiverpoolT. C. Newby, 1847 - 288 pagini |
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Pagina 8
... child was a singular and profound mystery . She was never permitted to leave the house , nor to hold in- tercourse with strangers . The captain's temper , easily fired , had been put to a severe test by the cool assurance , the impene ...
... child was a singular and profound mystery . She was never permitted to leave the house , nor to hold in- tercourse with strangers . The captain's temper , easily fired , had been put to a severe test by the cool assurance , the impene ...
Pagina 10
... child , all the affection of which his rugged nature was capable ; and the haughty , tyrannical disposition she inherited from him had been fos- tered by misplaced indulgence , until she became ungovernable in her childish caprices ...
... child , all the affection of which his rugged nature was capable ; and the haughty , tyrannical disposition she inherited from him had been fos- tered by misplaced indulgence , until she became ungovernable in her childish caprices ...
Pagina 16
... child been doing ? What's the matter ? " " What doing ! " roared the captain at the top of his voice . " What doing ? Why , reading , to be sure ! I found her reading ' Paul and Virginia . ' Who taught her ? How did she learn ? I ...
... child been doing ? What's the matter ? " " What doing ! " roared the captain at the top of his voice . " What doing ? Why , reading , to be sure ! I found her reading ' Paul and Virginia . ' Who taught her ? How did she learn ? I ...
Pagina 19
... children . The tact with which he managed to reconcile their differences , and the good temper with which he listened to their little contro- versies , disarmed incipient hostility , and quickly re- stored harmony amongst the disputants ...
... children . The tact with which he managed to reconcile their differences , and the good temper with which he listened to their little contro- versies , disarmed incipient hostility , and quickly re- stored harmony amongst the disputants ...
Pagina 20
... children the classic taste which their fathers possessed ; " and in carrying out this theory , Mr. Rosebourne was guilty of the absurdity of christening Sawney Pope - street in honour of the bard of Twickenham ! He was the occupant of a ...
... children the classic taste which their fathers possessed ; " and in carrying out this theory , Mr. Rosebourne was guilty of the absurdity of christening Sawney Pope - street in honour of the bard of Twickenham ! He was the occupant of a ...
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Pagina 109 - Heaven forming each on other to depend. A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of alL Wants, frailties, passions, closer still ally The common interest, or endear the tie.
Pagina 128 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home ! These are our realms, no limits to their sway — Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey.
Pagina 271 - My father's spirit in arms ! all is not well; I doubt some foul play: 'would, the night were come! Till then sit still, my soul: Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.
Pagina 143 - You have among you many a purchased slave, Which, like your asses and your dogs and mules, You use in abject and in slavish parts, Because you bought them...
Pagina 219 - She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.
Pagina 81 - Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world But those who slide along the grassy sod, And sting the luckless foot that presses them ? There are who in the path of social life Do bask their spotted skins in Fortune's sun, And sting the soul — Ay, till its healthful frame Is chang'd to secret, fest'ring, sore disease, So deadly is the wound.
Pagina 128 - Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home! These are our realms, no limits to their sway Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey. Ours the wild life in tumult still to range From toil to rest, and joy in every change.
Pagina 56 - I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun...
Pagina 246 - Then before All they stand — the holy vow And ring of gold, no fond illusions now, Bind her as his. Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters — there to be a light Shining within, when all without is night ; A guardian- angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasures, and his cares dividing...
Pagina 143 - And all the piebald polity that reigns In free confusion o'er Columbia's plains? To think that man, thou just and gentle God, Should stand before Thee, with a tyrant's rod O'er creatures like himself, with soul from thee, Yet dare to boast of perfect liberty...