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... Negroes coming down the hills from the interior towards a row of stones or rocks placed a little farther up the winding current , for the conveni- ence of foot passengers , which had been hidden from their view by the trees growing on ...
... Negroes coming down the hills from the interior towards a row of stones or rocks placed a little farther up the winding current , for the conveni- ence of foot passengers , which had been hidden from their view by the trees growing on ...
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... Negroes , to watch the provision grounds , to hunt wild hogs . " " Whose cave then is this , " said the other , " so well provided with food and necessaries , and - if I mistake not - with evidences of an illicit calling ? The owner of ...
... Negroes , to watch the provision grounds , to hunt wild hogs . " " Whose cave then is this , " said the other , " so well provided with food and necessaries , and - if I mistake not - with evidences of an illicit calling ? The owner of ...
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... Negroes say that none but the devil himself can pass , or one whom the devil leads ; and that in the dark . ” " Ha ! " cried Roland , a little moved by the observation ; " but you have passed it ? " " It was never passed by a white man ...
... Negroes say that none but the devil himself can pass , or one whom the devil leads ; and that in the dark . ” " Ha ! " cried Roland , a little moved by the observation ; " but you have passed it ? " " It was never passed by a white man ...
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... Negroes , had taken her children to the Bay at Port Antonio ; and a white man , a mission- ary preaching man , was expected to come there , to try if he could persuade the Negroes to go down to the same place to be sold . " " You think ...
... Negroes , had taken her children to the Bay at Port Antonio ; and a white man , a mission- ary preaching man , was expected to come there , to try if he could persuade the Negroes to go down to the same place to be sold . " " You think ...
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... Negroes are not such dolts as the white men give out to one another , but cunning and secret . Who would have dreamed of such a cave as this , so tenanted , in such a wilderness ? Let it be Roland's business at least to try if he cannot ...
... Negroes are not such dolts as the white men give out to one another , but cunning and secret . Who would have dreamed of such a cave as this , so tenanted , in such a wilderness ? Let it be Roland's business at least to try if he cannot ...
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abode alarm arms assured attorney beautiful Belmont beneath betrayed blood bridge brown Brutchie buckra calabash called canoe cave Christians Combah companions cried Cuba Cuffy dare daughter death devil doubloons Drybones duppie England escape eyes face Fairfax fancy fear feeling Fillbeer fire gaoler gentleman girl give gone Guthrie's Hamel hand head hear heard heart heaven horse island Jamaica kill king knew lagoon least looked Maroons master Roland Michal mind Miss Guthrie Miss Joanna Missionary mistress monarch mountains Mulatto murder Negroes never night Obeah man's Osnaburgh passion perhaps person piazza planter Port Antonio portmanteau preach preacher pretty prisoner Quadroon queen of Jamaica recollection rejoined replied rocks round runaway Sebastian seemed sigh slaves smile soubrette taken tears tell thought tion told trees turned voice wife wizard woman women Wowski young lady
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Página 299 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 270 - Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, And shone all glittering with ungodly dew, If a tight damsel chaunc'd to trippen by ; Which when observ'd, he shrunk into his mew, And straight would recollect his piety anew.
Página 111 - I am no orator, as Brutus is; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him: For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know...
Página 312 - No might nor greatness in mortality Can censure 'scape ; back-wounding calumny The whitest virtue strikes : What king so strong Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue ! But who comes here ? Enter Escalus, Provost, Bawd, and Officers.
Página 48 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 81 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
Página 212 - Here love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings, Reigns here and revels...
Página 242 - THERE was an ancient sage philosopher That had read Alexander Ross over, And swore the world, as he could prove, Was made of fighting and of love. Just so Romances are, for what else Is in them all but love and battles ? O' th' first of these w' have no great matter To treat of, but a world o' th' latter, In which to do the injured right We mean, in what concerns just fight.
Página 173 - Lay her i' the earth : And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring ! I tell thee churlish priest, A ministering angel shall my sister be, When thou liest howling.
Página 212 - How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies...