My Autobiography: Some Events Pathetic But Absolutely True1861 - 74 pages |
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... coming straight down the road toward me . I had never seen a negro before . I was so scared I began climbing the high rail fence as fast as I could . I noticed as he passed by he laughed , so loud , but I didn't see anything funny . It ...
... coming straight down the road toward me . I had never seen a negro before . I was so scared I began climbing the high rail fence as fast as I could . I noticed as he passed by he laughed , so loud , but I didn't see anything funny . It ...
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... coming I ran down the road to meet them and gave them the alarming story that there was something dreadful the matter with her brother , Mr. Gorrell . Then Mrs. Hill asked me questions , and by the time we were in the yard I had told ...
... coming I ran down the road to meet them and gave them the alarming story that there was something dreadful the matter with her brother , Mr. Gorrell . Then Mrs. Hill asked me questions , and by the time we were in the yard I had told ...
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... coming out of the woods . Here at this point another road came into the county road . I heard horses coming fast , and my heart jumped . I hid behind some bushes until they were by and out of my hearing . I don't know who the riders ...
... coming out of the woods . Here at this point another road came into the county road . I heard horses coming fast , and my heart jumped . I hid behind some bushes until they were by and out of my hearing . I don't know who the riders ...
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... coming August . Now , the way that I remember so dis- tinctly , I was fixing it when someone called me to tell me my Mother was dying . I let the rope slide out of my hands . My Mother died and as we were not using the water in the well ...
... coming August . Now , the way that I remember so dis- tinctly , I was fixing it when someone called me to tell me my Mother was dying . I let the rope slide out of my hands . My Mother died and as we were not using the water in the well ...
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... coming from " . But now , right on the front page of the Wheeling Daily Intelligence , the great calamity of the age was printed - CHICAGO in ashes . It stated the fire had started in Mrs. O'Leary's stable . Her cow had kicked over the ...
... coming from " . But now , right on the front page of the Wheeling Daily Intelligence , the great calamity of the age was printed - CHICAGO in ashes . It stated the fire had started in Mrs. O'Leary's stable . Her cow had kicked over the ...
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Page 67 - There are lonely hearts to cherish, While the days are going by ; There are weary souls who perish, While the days are going by...
Page 5 - Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility.
Page 30 - No. 93. /"\H, how sweet when we mingle with kindred spirits here, ^-' And tell of Jesus and His love ! When by faith we can see Him, and feel His presence near, And lift our longing souls above. We shall meet on the banks of the river ; happy, happy there for evermore. We shall dwell with the angels, and join with choral song, our loved ones, loved ones gone before.
Page 74 - Eureka! this the purpose I pursue ; For, behold, a god hath called me, and his service I shall do! " Brother, seek thy calling likewise, thou wert destined for the same; Sloth is sin, and toil is worship, and the soul demands an aim : Who neglects the ordination, he shall not escape the blame.
Page 53 - I thanked her and wanted to know if there was something that I could do for her, but she answered, "Never mind, child, you do well to do the things you are compelled to do.
Page 41 - Hill, but he heard me crying and came to me and asked me what the matter was. I told him. He said, "Never mind, daughter, I'll tell Mother to go look herself. She'll see no little potatoes.