Popular Tales, Volume 2Baldwin and Cradock, 1832 |
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Page 335 - Man, this is one of the most extraordinary, that he shall go on from day to day, from week to week, from month to month.
Page 268 - Your golden wings, now hovering o'er him, shed Protection; now are waving in applause To that blest son of foresight! lord of fate! That awful independent on to-morrow! Whose work is done; who triumphs in the past; Whose yesterdays look backward with a smile; Nor, like the Parthian, wound him as they fly; That common but opprobrious lot!
Page 4 - I scarcely dare invite you into the house of such an unlucky being as I am; but, if you will venture to take a night's lodging under my roof, you shall hear at your leisure the story of my misfortunes." The sultan and the vizier excused themselves from spending the night with Murad; saying that they were obliged to proceed to their khan, where they should be expected by their companions: but they begged permission to repose themselves for half an hour in his house, and besought him to relate the...
Page 247 - Upon this he repaired directly, with six white servants, to the old woman's house; and, forcing open the door, observed the whole inside of the roof, which was of thatch, and every crevice of the wall, stuck with the implements of her trade, consisting of rags, feathers, bones of cats, and a thousand other articles.
Page 112 - I've a notion : so you may go moping on here as long as you please, being a good child all the days of your life ! ' Come when you're call'd ; And do as you're bid ; Shut the door after you ; And you'll never be chid.
Page 267 - Where shall I find him ? Angels! tell me where. You know him : he is near you : point him out : Shall I see glories beaming from his brow ? Or trace his footsteps by the rising flowers...
Page 267 - Full power'd to cancel, expiate, raise, adorn, And reinstate us on the rock of peace. Let it not share its predecessor's fate ; Nor, like its elder sisters, die a fool.
Page 239 - ... more reasonable, he said ; and he was happy to have it in his power to oblige a gentleman for whom he had such a high esteem. The bargain was quickly concluded with the sheriff's officer; for Mr. Edwards willingly paid several dollars more than the market price for the two slaves. When...
Page 364 - USEFUL KNOWLEDGE; or, a Familiar Account of the various Productions of Nature, Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal, which are chiefly employed for the Use of Man. Illustrated with numerous Figures, and intended as a Work both of Instruction and Reference. By the Rev. WILLIAM BINGLEY, AM Author of
Page 246 - Upon returning to Jamaica in the year 1775, he found that a great many of his negroes had died during his absence; and that of such as remained alive, at least one-half were debilitated, bloated, and in a very deplorable condition.