Autographs for FreedomJulia Griffiths Alden, Beardsley & Company, 1854 - 309 páginas |
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... night to close around them in order that they might bury the dead , and flee to the wilderness for safety . Suddenly a startling phenomena presented itself to their astonished view . The heavy embankment and timbers protecting the ...
... night to close around them in order that they might bury the dead , and flee to the wilderness for safety . Suddenly a startling phenomena presented itself to their astonished view . The heavy embankment and timbers protecting the ...
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... night hath come And shrouded it in deepest gloom , We turn aside with inward pain And pray to see that sky again . Such sight is like the struggle made When freedom bids unbare the blade , And calls from every mountain - glen- From ...
... night hath come And shrouded it in deepest gloom , We turn aside with inward pain And pray to see that sky again . Such sight is like the struggle made When freedom bids unbare the blade , And calls from every mountain - glen- From ...
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... night , As handmaids of the Even . * The loud shouts from the distant town , Joined in with nature's gladsome lay ; The lights went glancing up and down , Riv'ling the stars - nay , seemed as they Could stoop to claim , in their high ...
... night , As handmaids of the Even . * The loud shouts from the distant town , Joined in with nature's gladsome lay ; The lights went glancing up and down , Riv'ling the stars - nay , seemed as they Could stoop to claim , in their high ...
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... night ; And the dreamings of greatness - the phantoms of power , Had passed in its breath like the things of an hour . Like the violet vapors that brilliantly play Round the glass of the chemist , then vanish away , The visions of ...
... night ; And the dreamings of greatness - the phantoms of power , Had passed in its breath like the things of an hour . Like the violet vapors that brilliantly play Round the glass of the chemist , then vanish away , The visions of ...
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... night , In fitting words , a freeman's prayer ; And when the heart is filled with grief , For wrongs of all true souls accurst , In action it must seek relief , Or else , o'ercharged , it can but burst . Why blame we them , if they oft ...
... night , In fitting words , a freeman's prayer ; And when the heart is filled with grief , For wrongs of all true souls accurst , In action it must seek relief , Or else , o'ercharged , it can but burst . Why blame we them , if they oft ...
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Abolition Abolitionist African Albert American anti-slavery Autographs for Freedom beautiful believe Bible blessed blood bondage called Captain Templeton cause Christ Christian Clarkson colored crime curse dark dear death divine Douglass earth England Engraved evil feel fireside Frank Frederick Douglass friends Fugitive Slave Law give God's Gracelius Granville Sharp Grosswardein happy heart heaven honor hope institution interest Jesus labor liberty live look Lord Loxian malum in se Mary Mary Smith master ment mind moral morning mother nations nature negro never northern o'er Ogé oppression passed persons piracy pirates pleasure prayer principles race religion replied sentiment slaveholders slavery smile soon soul spirit stand thee things Thomas Clarkson thou thought tion true truth Uncle Uncle Tom Uncle Tom's Cabin vessel Vincent Ogé Ward Whig woman words wrong young
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Página 38 - His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Página 202 - Let it be remembered, finally, that it has ever been the pride and boast of America, that the rights for which she contended were the rights of human nature.
Página 30 - The wrath of man shall praise thee, and the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Página 193 - Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings, Lest with a whip of scorpions I pursue Thy lingering, or with one stroke of this dart Strange horror seize thee, and pangs unfelt before.
Página 209 - Could I embody and unbosom now That which is most within me — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe — into one word, And that one word were Lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
Página 72 - Britain, who. had labored so long and so sue cessfully for the abolition of the slave trade, and the emancipation of the slaves of the West Indies ; and I at once resolved to pay a visit to the grave of Wilberforce. A half an hour after, I entered Westminster Abbey, at Poets...
Página 224 - ... call evil good, and good evil; put darkness for light, and light for darkness...
Página 200 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Página 120 - Son, that whosoever be^ lieveth in him should not perish but have eternal life, and I realize it all with trust and confidence, I feel that the kingdom of heaven is within me. I am truly happy.