Peculiar: A Tale of the Great TransitionCarleton, 1864 - 500 páginas |
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Página 143
... Esha . The little plain gold cross which Estelle used to wear on the ribbon round her neck was now made to serve as the emblem of one of the last sacraments of her religion . At her request , Esha held it , pinned to the ribbon , before ...
... Esha . The little plain gold cross which Estelle used to wear on the ribbon round her neck was now made to serve as the emblem of one of the last sacraments of her religion . At her request , Esha held it , pinned to the ribbon , before ...
Página 146
... Esha , who had been kind to my wife , but she had been sold , no one knew to whom . I went to New Orleans , and assuming , by legislative permission , the name of William Vance , I entered into cotton speculations . My features had been ...
... Esha , who had been kind to my wife , but she had been sold , no one knew to whom . I went to New Orleans , and assuming , by legislative permission , the name of William Vance , I entered into cotton speculations . My features had been ...
Página 177
... Esha , soothing her ; " she must n't greeb nebber no more . Ole Esha will lub her dearly ! " Mrs. Gentry opened the bundle , and was surprised to see several articles of clothing of a rich and fine texture , all neatly marked , though ...
... Esha , soothing her ; " she must n't greeb nebber no more . Ole Esha will lub her dearly ! " Mrs. Gentry opened the bundle , and was surprised to see several articles of clothing of a rich and fine texture , all neatly marked , though ...
Página 188
... Esha that Clara would always have to go for sympa- thy , both in her sorrows and her joys ; and it was Esha whose influence was felt in the very depths of that fresh and sensitive nature . From her third to her fourteenth year Clara ...
... Esha that Clara would always have to go for sympa- thy , both in her sorrows and her joys ; and it was Esha whose influence was felt in the very depths of that fresh and sensitive nature . From her third to her fourteenth year Clara ...
Página 191
... Esha , the colored cook , a slave , was Clara's fast friend in all her youthful troubles . Esha had passed through all degrees of slavery , from toiling in a cotton - field to serving as a lady's maid . Having had a child , a little ...
... Esha , the colored cook , a slave , was Clara's fast friend in all her youthful troubles . Esha had passed through all degrees of slavery , from toiling in a cotton - field to serving as a lady's maid . Having had a child , a little ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abolitionist arms Artful Dodger asked Aylesford barouche beautiful believe Berwick Berwick family called Captain carriage Charles Charlton child chile cigar claim Clara Colonel Delancy Hyde colored colored dreams cried cui bono dear door dressed drew Esha Estelle exclaimed eyes face father gentleman Gentry girl give hair hand heard heart Josephine Josy Kenrick Kunnle Laura lawyer letter looked Madame Volney Massa master master race minutes Miss Murray Miss Tremaine missis mother mulatto negro never nigger once Onslow Orleans passed Peek Perdita person Pompilard Pontiac poor quadroon Quattles replied Ripper rose seemed Semmes slabe slave slavery soon Star-Spangled Banner story street Suddenly sure tell thing thought tion told took Toussaint turned Vance wife Wigman window Winslow woman words Yankee
Pasajes populares
Página 72 - ... 5. We acknowledge that the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection served to uplift faith to understand eternal Life, even the allness of Soul, Spirit, and the nothingness of matter. 6. And we solemnly promise to watch, and pray for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us ; and to be merciful, just, and pure (Science and Health, p.
Página 304 - Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong.
Página 113 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For of the soul the body form doth take : I For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Página 387 - Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.
Página 74 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Página 38 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Página 45 - ... this day. It is the law written by the finger of God on the heart of man; and by that law unchangeable and eternal, while men despise fraud, and loathe rapine, and abhor blood, they will reject with indignation the wild and guilty fantasy, that man can hold property in man...
Página 191 - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Página 286 - Let me have men about me that are fat ; Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights. Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look ; He thinks too much : such men are dangerous.
Página 322 - O, thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
Referencias a este libro
Calls and Responses: The American Novel of Slavery Since Gone with the Wind Tim A. Ryan Vista previa limitada - 2008 |