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Page 100
... Dorsay , were sit- ting one morning in the parlor , when Jasper , the body servant of Mr. Clermont , ushered into the room a tall man , so emaciated , that his garments scarcely appeared to touch his limbs ; -his eyes and the upper part ...
... Dorsay , were sit- ting one morning in the parlor , when Jasper , the body servant of Mr. Clermont , ushered into the room a tall man , so emaciated , that his garments scarcely appeared to touch his limbs ; -his eyes and the upper part ...
Page 101
... Dorsay . 66 Mr. Clermont broke the seal , and after looking a few seconds at the letter , said , Beninah , my child , read it for me . Something is the matter with my eyes , or specks . " " Let Orrah read it , as she takes a deep ...
... Dorsay . 66 Mr. Clermont broke the seal , and after looking a few seconds at the letter , said , Beninah , my child , read it for me . Something is the matter with my eyes , or specks . " " Let Orrah read it , as she takes a deep ...
Page 102
... Dorsay , on finishing the letter . " I think it strange I never heard of it before , " observed Beninah . " I can give you the history of that chain and seal . The year before I left Jamaica , Megil very sent to London for three gold ...
... Dorsay , on finishing the letter . " I think it strange I never heard of it before , " observed Beninah . " I can give you the history of that chain and seal . The year before I left Jamaica , Megil very sent to London for three gold ...
Page 103
... Dorsay , " he is at least six feet two , and very erect . " Mr. Clermont called to Jasper , who was in the next room , and enquired if he knew which way the gentleman came from who called whilst he was out ? " " " No , sir , " said ...
... Dorsay , " he is at least six feet two , and very erect . " Mr. Clermont called to Jasper , who was in the next room , and enquired if he knew which way the gentleman came from who called whilst he was out ? " " " No , sir , " said ...
Page 104
... Dorsay , " with served to Megilvery , that as he had changed his the family of Mr. Megilvery , in Jamaica ? " place of residence , it might be prudent to make “ Yes , I was domesticated several years in his some alteration in his ...
... Dorsay , " with served to Megilvery , that as he had changed his the family of Mr. Megilvery , in Jamaica ? " place of residence , it might be prudent to make “ Yes , I was domesticated several years in his some alteration in his ...
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Page 298 - A made a finer end, and went away an it had been any christom child. A parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide. For after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers...
Page 415 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 161 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 160 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress!
Page 64 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 407 - Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Page 202 - I that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph; sometime sitting in the shade like a Goddess; sometime singing like an angel; sometime playing like Orpheus. Behold the sorrow of this world! Once amiss, hath bereaved me of all.
Page 64 - There's freedom at thy gates and rest For Earth's down-trodden and opprest, A shelter for the hunted head, For the starved laborer toil and bread. Power, at thy bounds, Stops and calls back his baffled hounds.
Page 161 - And through their lucid veil his softened force Shed o'er the peaceful world. Then is the time For those whom wisdom and whom nature charm To steal themselves from the degenerate crowd, And soar above this little scene of things ; To tread low-thoughted vice beneath their feet, To soothe the throbbing passions into peace, And woo lone quiet in her silent walks.
Page 64 - Ay, let them rail, those haughty ones. While safe thou dwellest with thy sons, They do not know how loved thou art, How many a fond and fearless heart Would rise to throw Its life between thee and the foe.