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... affectionate grandmother . This must have been a severe shock , to a mind so refined and sus- ceptible of impression as hers . The decease of both her parents had occurred at early periods of her life , while she was inca- pable of ...
... affectionate grandmother . This must have been a severe shock , to a mind so refined and sus- ceptible of impression as hers . The decease of both her parents had occurred at early periods of her life , while she was inca- pable of ...
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... , and convincing . We here insert this excellent production entire . What lady , possessing a just sense of the dignity of her sex , or the genu- ine feelings of maternal affection , can peruse it without 16 MEMOIR OF.
... , and convincing . We here insert this excellent production entire . What lady , possessing a just sense of the dignity of her sex , or the genu- ine feelings of maternal affection , can peruse it without 16 MEMOIR OF.
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... affection , can peruse it without expe- riencing a kindling emotion of sorrow , or the glow of virtuous indignation , at the multiplied wrongs and cruelties to which the slave is subjected . But she does not rest in merely arous- ing ...
... affection , can peruse it without expe- riencing a kindling emotion of sorrow , or the glow of virtuous indignation , at the multiplied wrongs and cruelties to which the slave is subjected . But she does not rest in merely arous- ing ...
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... affections ? -Then how can the slave be happy ! How may he garner up his affections like holy things , when one word ... affection -watching the gay dimples sporting over its laughing face , and the shadows of its silky curls lying so ...
... affections ? -Then how can the slave be happy ! How may he garner up his affections like holy things , when one word ... affection -watching the gay dimples sporting over its laughing face , and the shadows of its silky curls lying so ...
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... affection shall be as a canopy under which thou mayst shelter thy decli- ning years ? Yet , were it told to thee that just when he has arisen into bold , glad boyhood , when those beautiful bright eyes have begun to kindle with ...
... affection shall be as a canopy under which thou mayst shelter thy decli- ning years ? Yet , were it told to thee that just when he has arisen into bold , glad boyhood , when those beautiful bright eyes have begun to kindle with ...
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agony amid Angel of Grief anguish beautiful behold bending beneath bitter blessing bliss blood bosom breast breath bright brow calm Cardinal Ximenes cheek Christian clouds dark dear Isabel death deep dreams dukedom of Northumberland duty earth ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER evil exertions face father fearful feel female fetters flowers forever gathered band gaze gentle grave grief guilt gush hand happiness hath heart heaven holy hope hour human JOHN WOOLMAN labour lady land lift light lips look luxuries midst mind mingled misery mother nature neath negro never o'er once oppression ourselves philanthropy Pope Leo X prayer racter round scenes selfishness silent slave sleep slumber smile sorrow soul spirit suffering sweet system of slavery tears tell thee thine things thou thought toil torn trafficker in human voice weary weep WIFE'S LAMENT wild woman wrong
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Page 35 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Page 69 - Or have we to reproach ourselves, that "we have left undone those things which we ought to have done ; and have done those things which we ought not to have done?
Page 72 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills! — No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
Page 29 - A deathless thing ! They know not what they do, Nor what they deal with. Man perchance may bind The flower his step hath bruised ; or light anew' The torch he quenches ; or to music wind Again the lyre-string from his touch that flew; — But for the soul ! — oh ! tremble, and beware To lay rude hands upon God's mysteries there...
Page 22 - Lucy had (and it was a consolation) clung to the belief that, despite of appearances and his own confession, his past life had not been such as to place him without the pale...
Page 79 - All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye unto them : and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 13 - More mortal than the common births of Fate. Each moment has its sickle, emulous Of Time's enormous scythe, whose ample sweep Strikes empires from the root; each moment plays His little weapon in the narrower sphere Of sweet domestic comfort, and cuts down The fairest bloom of sublunary bliss.
Page 50 - She laid her hand upon her heart ; her eye flash'd proud and clear, And firmer grew her haughty tread — " My lord is hidden here ! " And if ye seek to view his form, ye first must tear away, From round his secret...
Page 59 - See the wretch that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again ; The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 36 - THINK of our country's glory, All dimm'd with Afric's tears— Her broad flag stained and gory, With the hoarded guilt of years. Think of the frantic mother, Lamenting for her child, Till falling lashes smother Her cries of anguish wild!