Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, Band 1Phillips, Sampson, 1856 |
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... cause I knowed he wan't fit to touch it ; and den he turned on me , and he got a cow - hide , and he beat me over de head . I thought my soul he'd kill me ! But I got to de door , and shut de chile out , and Hannah , she took it and run ...
... cause I knowed he wan't fit to touch it ; and den he turned on me , and he got a cow - hide , and he beat me over de head . I thought my soul he'd kill me ! But I got to de door , and shut de chile out , and Hannah , she took it and run ...
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... cause it just falls in with his heroic turn . Why , when I heard of it , I assure you I bestirred myself . I went about , put off suits , and got Smithers , and Jones , and Peters , to so as to give him fair field and full play . For ...
... cause it just falls in with his heroic turn . Why , when I heard of it , I assure you I bestirred myself . I went about , put off suits , and got Smithers , and Jones , and Peters , to so as to give him fair field and full play . For ...
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... cause , you see , the law gives to the hirer all the rights of the master . There's no getting away from that , in my opinion . Now , any master might have done all that , and nobody could have done anything about it . They do do it ...
... cause , you see , the law gives to the hirer all the rights of the master . There's no getting away from that , in my opinion . Now , any master might have done all that , and nobody could have done anything about it . They do do it ...
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... cause , and in a manner so inconsiderate and brutal as to endanger the safety and well - being of the subject , the great foundation principle of the law is vio- lated . The act becomes perfectly lawless , and as incapable of legal ...
... cause , and in a manner so inconsiderate and brutal as to endanger the safety and well - being of the subject , the great foundation principle of the law is vio- lated . The act becomes perfectly lawless , and as incapable of legal ...
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... cause , but feels the force of the whole surrounding atmosphere against him . In fact , the result was , that the judge charged the jury , if they found the chastisement to have been disproportionate and cruel , to give verdict for the ...
... cause , but feels the force of the whole surrounding atmosphere against him . In fact , the result was , that the judge charged the jury , if they found the chastisement to have been disproportionate and cruel , to give verdict for the ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 93 - When thou saidst, Seek ye my face my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord will I seek.
Seite 231 - And I looked, and there was none to help ; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore Mine own arm brought salvation unto Me ; and My fury, it upheld Me. And I will tread down the people in Mine anger, and make them drunk in My fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
Seite 276 - Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
Seite 231 - I have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the people there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
Seite 179 - He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
Seite 166 - Sleep, my babe; thy food and raiment, House and home, thy friends provide; All without thy care or payment, All thy wants are well supplied.
Seite 126 - He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Seite 126 - And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire ; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
Seite 121 - HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress : My God; in him will I trust.
Seite 276 - Riches profit not in the day of wrath."4 Can kings or warriors ? No ; " they shall cry to the mountains and rocks to fall on them, and hide them from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb...