 ... forcibly separated from his wife and children, dragged to public auction, purchased by a stranger, and perhaps sent to terminate his miserable existence in the mines of Mexico; excluded for ever from the light of heaven! and all this without any crime...  The Pamphleteer - Page 321edited by - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Bryan Edwards - 1806 - 426 pages
...support, but the means also of adding something to the mere necessaries of life. In this situation he is seized on by the sheriff's officer, forcibly separated...in the mines of Mexico, excluded for ever from the lighf*of heaven ; and all this without any crime or demerit on his part, real or pretended. He is punished... | |
 | Bryan Edwards - 1806 - 428 pages
...necessaries of life. In this situation he is seized on by the sheriff's officer, forcibly sep&rated from his wife and children, dragged to public auction,...in the mines of Mexico, excluded for ever from the light of heaven ; and all this without any crime or demerit on his part, real or pretended. He is punished... | |
 | Bryan Edwards - 1807 - 646 pages
...support, but the means also of adding something to the mere necessaries of life. In this situation, he is seized on by the sheriff's officer, forcibly separated from his wife and children, dragged to publick auction, purchased by a stranger, and perhaps sent to terminate his miserable existence in... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1811 - 654 pages
...acquired property is seized upon by the sheriff's officer for the payment of his master's debts * : he is forcibly separated from his wife and children, dragged...public auction, purchased by a stranger, and perhaps $ent to terminate his miserable existence in the mines of Mexico; excluded for ever from the light... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1813 - 298 pages
...acquired property is seized upon by the sheriff's officer for the payment of his master's debts ;" he is forcibly separated from his wife and children, dragged...'miserable existence in the mines of Mexico : excluded forever from the light of heaven ! and all this without any crime or imprudence On his part, real or... | |
 | Henry Koster - 1816 - 48 pages
...lively imagination of their European friends. How facts are shaped and turned to man's own ptrpose ! This is doubtless true; when the soil is no longer...sight of heaven; and all this without any crime or dement on his part real or pretended." 1 To say that the slaves do not deem it a hardship to be removed... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1817 - 360 pages
...acquired property is seized upon by the she-riff's officer for the payment of his master's debts*: he is forcibly separated from his •wife and children,...in the mines of Mexico, excluded for ever from the light of heaven! and all this with-out any crime or imprudence on his part, real or pretended. He is... | |
 | Gavin Young - 1822 - 412 pages
...situation he is seized by the sheriff's officer, " forcibly separated from his wife and chil" dren, dragged to public auction, purchased " by a stranger,...the mines of " Mexico, excluded for ever from the light "of heaven; and all this without any crime " or demerit on his part, real or pretended. " He... | |
 | James Stephen - 1824 - 570 pages
...support, but the means " also of adding something to the mere necessaries of life. " In this situation he is seized on by the sheriff's officer, " forcibly...the mines of " Mexico, excluded for ever from the light of heaven ; and " all this without any crime or demerit on his part, real or " pretended ! He... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 404 pages
...acquired property is seized upon by the sheriff's officer for the payment of his master's debts * : he is forcibly separated from his wife and children, dragged...in the mines of Mexico ; excluded for ever from the light of heaven ; and all this without any crime or imprudence on his part, real or pretended. He is... | |
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