 | 1834 - 438 pages
...of three plantations, which in all is about six or eight hundred. While earnestly listening for the cause, I heard a faint voice near the door calling my name ; I arose, and taking my sword, stood at the door. At this moment I heard the same voice heseeching... | |
 | Child rearing - 1840 - 460 pages
...three plantations, amounting in all to about six or eight hundred. While earnestly listening for the cause, I heard a faint voice near the door .calling...same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying, ' Oh, my God ! the world is on flre !' I then opened the door, and it is difficult to say which excited... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 602 pages
...eight hundred. While listening for the cause, I heard a faint voice near the door callmg my name. I arose, and, taking my sword, stood at the door. At this moment I heard the same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying, " Oh ! master ! the world is on fire... | |
 | Philip Tocque - Newfoundland - 1846 - 418 pages
...three plantations, amounting in all to about six or eight hundred. While earnestly listening for the cause, I heard a faint voice near the door calling my name. I arose, and taking my sword, stood at the door. At this moment I heard the same voice still beseeching... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...three plantations, amounting in all to about six or eight hundred. While earnestly listening for the cause, I heard a faint voice near the door calling my name. I arose, and taking my sword, stood at the door. At this moment, I heard the same voice still beseeching... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1850 - 344 pages
...hondred. While earnestly listening for the caose, I 1 eard a faint voice near the door calling my name; I arose, and taking my sword, stood at the door. At...me to rise, and saying, 'Ol my God, the world is on firel' I then opened the door, and it is difficolt to say which excited me most — the awfolness of... | |
 | Ira Mayhew - History - 1850 - 476 pages
...three plantations, amounting in all to about six or eight hundred. While earnestly listening for the cause, I heard a faint voice near the door calling my name : I arose, and, taking my sword, stood at the door. At this moment I heard the same voice still beseeching... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1857 - 624 pages
...of the negroes of three plantations, amounting to from six to eight hundred. While listening for the cause, I heard a faint voice near the door calling my name. I arose, and, taking my sword, stood at the door. At this moment I heard the same voice still beseeching... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1857 - 584 pages
...hundred. While earnestly listening for the cause, I heard a faint voice near the door calling my name. I arose, and, taking my sword, stood at the door. At...same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying, ' 0, master ! the world is on fire !' I then opened the door, and it is difficult to say which excited... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1857 - 586 pages
...negroes of three plantations, amounting to from six to eight hundred. While earnestly listening for the cause, I heard a faint voice near the door calling my name. I arose, and, taking my sword, stood at the door. At this moment I heard the same voice still beseeching... | |
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While earnestly listening for the cause, I heard a faint voice near the door calling my name. I arose, and taking my sword, stood at the door. At this moment, I heard the same voice still beseeching me to rise, and saying ' O my God, the. world is on... 
