 ... longer apparently the same people. A sedateness, a care, an economy, an industry, took possession of them, to which there seemed to be no bounds, but in their physical strength. They were never tired of laboring, and seemed as though they could never...  Hesperos, Or, Travels in the West - Sivu 263tekijä(t) Mrs. Houstoun (Matilda Charlotte) - 1850Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1843 - 412 sivua
...to which there seemed no bounds, but in their physical strength. They were never tired of laboring, and seemed as though they could never effect enough....relates to myself, is not one of the least surprising of it* features, and is this, that in a spice of about sixteen years, which those people served me, since... | |
 | John Jay - 1843 - 64 sivua
...which there seemed to be no bounds but in their physical strength. They were never tired of laboring, and seemed as though they could never effect enough....world around them, which was seen and admired by all." In sixteen years eighty had purchased their freedom, and in June, 1842, were sent from the country... | |
 | George Lewis (of Ormiston.) - 1845 - 448 sivua
...possession of them, to which there seemed to be no bounds, but in their physical strength. They were never tired of labouring, and seemed as though they...around them, which was seen and admired by all." The following instance he records as one amongst a hundred which he could give of the effect of the hope... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 1853 - 296 sivua
...could never effect enough. They became temperate, moral, religious, setting an example of innocent, unoffending lives to the world around them, which was seen and admired by all. Mr. Parker, a man who worked nearly forty slaves at the same business, was attracted by the manner... | |
 | John McDonogh - 1898 - 134 sivua
...of laboring, and seemed as though they could never effect enough. They became temperate, moderate, religious, setting an example of innocent and unoffending...the least surprising of its features, and is this. In the space of about sixteen years which those people served me, since making the agreement with them,... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 2003 - 324 sivua
...could never effect enough. They became temperate, moral, religious, setting an example of innocent, unoffending lives to the world around them, which was seen and admired by all. Mr. Parker, a man who worked nearly forty slaves at the same business, was attracted by the manner... | |
 | 1841 - 414 sivua
...unto them the blessings which he never ceased to shower down on their heads, whilst under my roof. unoffending lives to the world around them, which was seen and admired by all. The result of ray experiment in a pecuniary point of view, as relates to myself, is not one of the least surprising... | |
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