Ten Years in the United States: Being an Englishman's View of Men and Things in the North Ad South |
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... side now more sad and silent than the dark deck around But fatigue , and sleep , and pleasant dreams came me . at last . How we crossed the once vast and awful Atlantic I need not relate ; that has now become a small , every - day ...
... side now more sad and silent than the dark deck around But fatigue , and sleep , and pleasant dreams came me . at last . How we crossed the once vast and awful Atlantic I need not relate ; that has now become a small , every - day ...
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... side , anxiously , her three little ones round her , eyes and mouths wide open . A true American the captain was - cool and polite in a moment , as he turned and assured her there was none . Then , in compliance with the wishes of our ...
... side , anxiously , her three little ones round her , eyes and mouths wide open . A true American the captain was - cool and polite in a moment , as he turned and assured her there was none . Then , in compliance with the wishes of our ...
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... side . " Well , massa , we ain't had much luck ; but I s'pose as you're come a mighty long ways , you won't be very ' ticklar ; and I reckon we must- 99 First Slave Negro Acquaintance . 9 The old negro kept 8 Ten Years in the United ...
... side . " Well , massa , we ain't had much luck ; but I s'pose as you're come a mighty long ways , you won't be very ' ticklar ; and I reckon we must- 99 First Slave Negro Acquaintance . 9 The old negro kept 8 Ten Years in the United ...
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... sides , with a few lightning - bugs gliding about ; a number of frogs , of all voices , from shrillest treble , and higher , down to a deep bass , interfering very much with my reflections and with the night's serenity . I congratulated ...
... sides , with a few lightning - bugs gliding about ; a number of frogs , of all voices , from shrillest treble , and higher , down to a deep bass , interfering very much with my reflections and with the night's serenity . I congratulated ...
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... been the natural condition of the whole of the eastern side of the continent ; one vast forest covering the uneven surface , from the Gulf of Mexico northward , till the climate stunts and thins vegetation . " ' Scuse me , massa , " said ...
... been the natural condition of the whole of the eastern side of the continent ; one vast forest covering the uneven surface , from the Gulf of Mexico northward , till the climate stunts and thins vegetation . " ' Scuse me , massa , " said ...
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