Peculiar: A Tale of the Great TransitionCarleton, 1864 - 500 páginas |
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Página 232
... Winslow helped him to find a carriage . We put the wounded man into it . He was driven to the hospital , and his wound attended to . ' Tis serious , I believe . " And Bernard again rubbed his hands . " And was that the last you saw of ...
... Winslow helped him to find a carriage . We put the wounded man into it . He was driven to the hospital , and his wound attended to . ' Tis serious , I believe . " And Bernard again rubbed his hands . " And was that the last you saw of ...
Página 308
... Winslow . " Ratcliff started as if recoiling from a pitfall . The remark brought home to his mind the disagreeable consideration that there was nearly half a million of dollars which ought to come to his wife , but which was absolutely ...
... Winslow . " Ratcliff started as if recoiling from a pitfall . The remark brought home to his mind the disagreeable consideration that there was nearly half a million of dollars which ought to come to his wife , but which was absolutely ...
Página 309
... Winslow caused in Ratcliff a visible embarrassment . “ You know , my dear , ” he replied , “ I would do anything for your gratification ; but there are particular reasons why — ” “ Why what , husband ? ” “ Give me a few days to think ...
... Winslow caused in Ratcliff a visible embarrassment . “ You know , my dear , ” he replied , “ I would do anything for your gratification ; but there are particular reasons why — ” “ Why what , husband ? ” “ Give me a few days to think ...
Página 310
... Winslow to draw near . He was up- wards of seventy , tall and erect , with venerable gray locks , and an expression of face at once brisk and gentle , benevolent and keen . " What's the state of the property you still hold for me , Mr ...
... Winslow to draw near . He was up- wards of seventy , tall and erect , with venerable gray locks , and an expression of face at once brisk and gentle , benevolent and keen . " What's the state of the property you still hold for me , Mr ...
Página 311
... Winslow . " " Then , madam , you will please write under these memo- randa with your own hand something to this effect , and sign your name , with date , place , et cetera : This I declare to be my own spontaneous , unbiassed request to ...
... Winslow . " " Then , madam , you will please write under these memo- randa with your own hand something to this effect , and sign your name , with date , place , et cetera : This I declare to be my own spontaneous , unbiassed request to ...
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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.
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Calls and Responses: The American Novel of Slavery Since Gone with the Wind Tim A. Ryan Vista previa limitada - 2008 |