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Page 11
... better colour to the first outbreak . Should such delay be ne- cessary , I will immediately , and at all risks , restore Rhoda to her family . Her testimony will be sufficient to release her father , and her prudence , and right ...
... better colour to the first outbreak . Should such delay be ne- cessary , I will immediately , and at all risks , restore Rhoda to her family . Her testimony will be sufficient to release her father , and her prudence , and right ...
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... my deficiencies , till a better come ; then , Heaven knows , with what wil- lingness I will fall into the ranks , and fight with my fellows , till we have re - conquered our rights . But , before you accept of me , THE FORD FAMILY . 35.
... my deficiencies , till a better come ; then , Heaven knows , with what wil- lingness I will fall into the ranks , and fight with my fellows , till we have re - conquered our rights . But , before you accept of me , THE FORD FAMILY . 35.
Page 36
... there as- sembled . Macalbert had commenced his speech in English , but , thinking that what he had to say , would be better understood and appreciated , if he spoke in their native tongue , gave the sub- 36 THE FORD FAMILY .
... there as- sembled . Macalbert had commenced his speech in English , but , thinking that what he had to say , would be better understood and appreciated , if he spoke in their native tongue , gave the sub- 36 THE FORD FAMILY .
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... better present herself before a magistrate and make her deposition , ere she held communication with any part of her family , anxious as she must be to relieve them from the distress under which they were suffering on her account , as ...
... better present herself before a magistrate and make her deposition , ere she held communication with any part of her family , anxious as she must be to relieve them from the distress under which they were suffering on her account , as ...
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... better of your de- termination . " " I have thought , sir , allow me to say with all respect , and I act , and hope that strength will be given to me still to act , according to the dictates of a yet unsullied conscience , " said Rhoda ...
... better of your de- termination . " " I have thought , sir , allow me to say with all respect , and I act , and hope that strength will be given to me still to act , according to the dictates of a yet unsullied conscience , " said Rhoda ...
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Page 49 - A light broke in upon my brain, — It was the carol of a bird ; It ceased, and then it came again, The sweetest song ear ever heard, And mine was thankful till my eyes...
Page 288 - OH! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME OH! breathe not his name, — let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonored his relics are laid; Sad, silent, and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head.
Page 207 - ETERNAL Spirit of the chainless Mind ! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty ! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart — The heart which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind.
Page 288 - OH! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. OH I breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade. Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid : Sad, silent, and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps ; And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.