The African Repository, Količina 2American Colonization Society., 1827 |
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Stran 163 - way, The four first acts already past,; A fifth shall close the drama with the day, Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Stran 139 - the right of Ireland to legislate for itself, and that the claims of any body of men other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland, to make laws to bind that kingdom, were unconstitutional and illegal.
Stran 44 - past; One cruise of water on his back he bore. And his light scrip contained a scanty store; A fan of painted feathers in his hand To guard his shaded face from scorching sand. The sultry sun had gained the middle sky. And not a tree and not an herb was nigh; The beasts with pain their dusty way pursue,
Stran 69 - a swift arrow; yea, their own tongues shall make them fall; and all men that see it shall say, this hath God done; for they shall perceive that it is his work!"*
Stran 4 - now ingenuously tell me how much you want to make you independent of so destructive a business as you are engaged in? O, Sir, replied the man, I detest the business as much as you. I am—but at home, there are creditors who will not stay.—Fifty pounds, my lord, indeed would do what no tongue
Stran 313 - of ivory from the plains, And gold dust from the sands." • " Not for thy ivory or thy gold Will I unbind thy chain; That bloody hand shall never hold The battle spear again. A price thy nation never gave, Shall yet be paid for thee; For thou shalt be the Christian's slave, In land beyond the sea." Then wept the warrior chief, and
Stran 45 - What if the lion in his rage I meet! Oft in the dust I view his printed feet; And fearful oft, when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night, By hunger
Stran 44 - In silent horror, o'er the boundless waste, The driver Hassan with his camels past; One cruise of water on his back he bore. And his light scrip contained a scanty store; A fan of painted feathers in his hand To guard his shaded face from scorching sand. The sultry sun had gained the middle sky. And not a tree and not
Stran 243 - May the All Bounteous Author of Nature bless the inhabitants of this place with all the necessaries, conveniences and comforts of life : assist in the erection and completion of this building: protect the workmen against every accident, and long preserve the
Stran 244 - the most destructive influence, we presume to hope that the interest of a few will be disregarded, when placed in competition with the security and happiness of such numbers of your majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects. Deeply impressed