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... ed , I felt no disposition to renew the quarrel , and I will endea- vour to adjust the thing amicably . Indeed , with our present very limited means for attack or defence , the Colony 1829. ] Intelligence from Liberia .
... ed , I felt no disposition to renew the quarrel , and I will endea- vour to adjust the thing amicably . Indeed , with our present very limited means for attack or defence , the Colony 1829. ] Intelligence from Liberia .
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... thing to lose , by a war with the natives . The trade of this place is now very considerable , and is be- coming greater every day , as its capital and number of vessels for carrying on the coasting trade , increase . Besides six or ...
... thing to lose , by a war with the natives . The trade of this place is now very considerable , and is be- coming greater every day , as its capital and number of vessels for carrying on the coasting trade , increase . Besides six or ...
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... thing from the schools , and his manner was of course unpolished , but his ideas would sometimes burst upon you in their native solemnity , and awaken deeper feelings than the most polished , but less original and inartificial discourse ...
... thing from the schools , and his manner was of course unpolished , but his ideas would sometimes burst upon you in their native solemnity , and awaken deeper feelings than the most polished , but less original and inartificial discourse ...
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... things from house to house , and sometimes to very unhealthy ones . The articles sent to us by your kindness , arrived partly . The Captain made a trip to another place ; on his return we shall , I hope , receive the rest . Our very ...
... things from house to house , and sometimes to very unhealthy ones . The articles sent to us by your kindness , arrived partly . The Captain made a trip to another place ; on his return we shall , I hope , receive the rest . Our very ...
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... thing that the country afforded . Clapperton was able occasionally to ride on horseback , and sometimes to walk ; but greatly debilitated , and not free from fever . He describes the country between Badagry and Jan- nah , the frontier ...
... thing that the country afforded . Clapperton was able occasionally to ride on horseback , and sometimes to walk ; but greatly debilitated , and not free from fever . He describes the country between Badagry and Jan- nah , the frontier ...
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Page 44 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath?
Page 136 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Page 269 - Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms, And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach, far worse to bear Than violence ; for this was all thy care — To stand approved in sight of God, though worlds Judged thee perverse.
Page 62 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Page 285 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed...
Page 43 - The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by such circumstances.
Page 147 - I am the Resurrection, and the Life : he that believeth on Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth in
Page 133 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave them rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling their hearts with food and gladness.
Page 305 - That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives be requested, to use their best exertions to procure the passage of a law...
Page 43 - For if a slave can have a country in this world, it must be any other in preference to that in which he is born to live and...