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... Slavery by his Son . 1. A YOUNG man named Robert , was sitting alone in his boat , in the harbour of Marseilles . A stranger stepped in , and took his seat near him , but quickly rose again ; observing , that since the coolness of this ...
... Slavery by his Son . 1. A YOUNG man named Robert , was sitting alone in his boat , in the harbour of Marseilles . A stranger stepped in , and took his seat near him , but quickly rose again ; observing , that since the coolness of this ...
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... slave . They refused to release him for less than two thousand crowns , a sum which far exceeds our scanty means . However , we do our best . My mother and sisters work day and night ; I labour hard at my stated occupation of a ...
... slave . They refused to release him for less than two thousand crowns , a sum which far exceeds our scanty means . However , we do our best . My mother and sisters work day and night ; I labour hard at my stated occupation of a ...
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... slavery !!! Demetrius and the Athenians . 1. DEMETRIUS POLIORCETES , who had done singular service for the people of the city of Athens , on setting out for a war i which he was engaged , left his wife and children to their pro tection ...
... slavery !!! Demetrius and the Athenians . 1. DEMETRIUS POLIORCETES , who had done singular service for the people of the city of Athens , on setting out for a war i which he was engaged , left his wife and children to their pro tection ...
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... slave . A Thracian merchant be- came his purchaser , and for several years he endured a life of bondage . At length liberty presented itself to his view , and the opportunity of his flight was not to be rejected . Alcander ardently ...
... slave . A Thracian merchant be- came his purchaser , and for several years he endured a life of bondage . At length liberty presented itself to his view , and the opportunity of his flight was not to be rejected . Alcander ardently ...
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... slaves ; one of this nation , exasperated at injurious expressions , laid him dead upon the spot . 2. The Chactaws , the most numerous , and the most war tribe , on the continent , immediately flew to arms : they s deputies to New ...
... slaves ; one of this nation , exasperated at injurious expressions , laid him dead upon the spot . 2. The Chactaws , the most numerous , and the most war tribe , on the continent , immediately flew to arms : they s deputies to New ...
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Page 2 - Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.