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Excerpt: Narrative of the Live of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglas.

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...NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRATIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF THE LIFE OF THE LIFE OF THE LIFE OF THE... ...NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRATIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE OF THE LIFE OF THE LIFE OF THE LIFE OF THE LIFE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGL... ... as it at once brought him into the field of public use-fulness, “gave the world assur- ance of a man,” quickened the slumbering energies of his soul,... ...e person of Frederick Douglas; and that the free colored population of the United States are as ably represented by one of their own number, in the pe... ...n of Frederick Douglas; and that the free colored population of the United States are as ably represented by one of their own number, in the per- son ... ...y being a freeman, on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay—viewing the receding vessels as they flew with their white wings before the breeze, and apostrop... ...if whips, chains, thumb-screws, paddles, blood-hounds, overseers, drivers, patrols, were not all indispensable to keep the slaves down, and to give pr... ...o he wrote Nar- rative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. During the Civil War he assisted in the recruiting of colored men for the 54th and 55th Mass... ...he way of the bloody scenes that often occurred on the plantation. CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II MY MASTER’S FAMILY consisted...

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...Excerpt: Prelude. Who that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiments of Time, has not dwelt, at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some gentleness at the thought of the little...

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... Classics Series Publication Middlemarch by George Eliot is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...assics Series Publication Middlemarch by George Eliot is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ...as theoretic, and yearned by its nature after some lofty conception of the world which might frankly include the parish of Tipton and her own rule of ... ...oke; but is there any yoked creature without its private opinions? CHAPTER II “`Dime; no ves aquel caballero que hacia nosotros viene sobre un caballo... ...ack in the dark ages. But talking of books, there is Southey’s `Peninsular War.’ I am reading that of a morning. Y ou know Southey?” “No” said Mr. Cas... ...ile complete knowledge with devoted piety; here was a modern Augustine who united the glories of doctor and saint. The sanctity seemed no less clearly... ...atteries, And froth with mean self-lauding lies. Serve warm: the vessels you must choose To keep it in are dead men’s shoes.” MR. BULST... ...cceed each other like the magic-lantern pictures of a doze; and in certain states of dull forlornness Dorothea all her life continued to see the vastn... ..., Mr. Borthrop Trumbull walked away from the fireplace towards the window, patrol- ling with his fore-finger round the inside of his stock, then along...

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...Excerpt: How much is conveyed in those two short words--?The Parish!? And with how many tales of distress and misery, of broken fortune and ruined hopes, too often of unrelieved wretchedness and successful knavery, are they associated! A poor man, with small earnings, and a large f...

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...cs Series Publication Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...Series Publication Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ... behalf of the parish. He knows all the titles of the Lord Mayor by heart; states the case without a single stammer: and it is even reported that on o... ...gay and happy associate, in the person of the Pauper Schoolmaster. CHAPTER II—THE CURATE. THE OLD LADY. THE HALF-PAY CAPTAIN We commenced our last cha... ... conclusion of the ceremony, until the sacred edifice resounded with their united wailings! As the four sisters and Mr. Robinson continued to occupy t... ...d a proud victory. Our parish, which, like all other parishes, is a little world of its own, has long been divided into two par- ties, whose contentio... ...s expose plants that may have flour- ished when ‘the Dials’ were built, in vessels as dirty as ‘the Dials’ themselves; and shops for the purchase of r... ...m, as he pockets the money, with an assurance that it’s ‘all the fortin of war! this time I vin, next time you vin: niver mind the loss of two bob and... ... the water’s level. He crouched into a corner, and held his breath, as the patrol passed. Never did prisoner’s heart throb with the hope of liberty an...