The Panorama of YouthJ. Carpenter, 1807 - Počet stran: 239 |
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Strana 112 - It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
Strana 158 - given to one of these little ones," is ' accepted by heaven, and calls down
Strana 108 - Rich was his soul, though his attire was poor, As God had cloth'd his own ambassador. For such, on Earth, his bless'd Redeemer bore. Of sixty years he seem'd ; and well might last To sixty more, but that he liv'd too fast ; Refin'd himself to soul, to curb the sense ; And made almost a sin of abstinence.
Strana 80 - Yes," said Mrs. Mildmay, " and have shown you know the true way ' to purchase pleasure.'" THE TRIUMPH OF FILIAL AFFECTION" Io, the poor Indian, whose untutov'tt mind Sees God in clouds, and hears him in the wind "— POPE.
Strana 90 - ... Quasheba: the advertisement was soon answered; and my brother accompanied his slave to the place directed, wishing to render every assistance to so noble a transaction. The man they had to deal with, was sordid and avaricious: unmoved by ^ your uncle's representation of the affair, he demanded the full price Quasheba cost him, though conscious her value had decreased by years and labour. For this, her son had been prepared, and was provided : the bargain was made; when your uncle learnt poor...
Strana 89 - Oh, my good Buckra,' said he, ' Zambo so happy ! Zambo jump for joy. sing for joy, cry for joy !' — and the tears kept pace with his assertions. After your uncle had moderated his transports, he learnt from him, that, previous to his purchase of Zambo. his mother had been bought by the overseer of a distant plantation. This weight on the pious negro's filial heart had bent him to the earth : all the fruits of his industry, ah...
Strana 92 - Poor Quasheba lived but a few weeks ; but those were not spent in vain. As she blessed her son, she told him the Great Spirit would protect him ; and his father, whom she was going to meet, would bless him. Oh ! how contented she died, in the arms of her beloved Zam,bo ! The last offices of humanity...
Strana 226 - ... the bark of which was written the following lines, in black letters on a white scroll:— " Rich in content, in Nature's bounty rich • whatever greens the spring, When heaven descends in showers j or bends the bough, When summer reddens, and when autumn beams, * * * * # Here, too, dwell simple Truth; plain Innocence; sound unbroken YouthPatient of labour, with a little plcas'd; Health ever blooming; unambitious Toil; ; And Coutemplation calm." On the other side was written— " JULIA'S BOWER,...
Strana 90 - The advertisement was soon anrwered ; and my brother accompanied his slave to the place directed, wishing to render every assistance to so noble a transaction. 19. The man they had to deal with, was sordid and avariciovs.
Strana 93 - I am sure I love you as much as Zambo did his. mother ; but 1 cannot work for your freedom, because you can never be a slav," 25. "No, my dear Arthur," said Mrs. Stanley; "but if I were to live to see you grow up ignorant, undutiful, and worthless, the weight on your mother's lieart would be heavier than the chains of slavery.