America Through the Looking Glass: A Historical Reader in Popular Culture, Volume 1David Burner, Robert D. Marcus, Jorj Tilson |
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Page 60
... asked me for the key of my Room , and on seeing the young Man , sitting with me , she told him that her Mistress had this afternoon given orders that their [ the slaves ' ] Allowance of Meat should be given out to them to - morrow . She ...
... asked me for the key of my Room , and on seeing the young Man , sitting with me , she told him that her Mistress had this afternoon given orders that their [ the slaves ' ] Allowance of Meat should be given out to them to - morrow . She ...
Page 124
... asked me some questions of the state of my mind . I found utterance , and poured out my heart to him . He seemed affected with my distress , especially as my conduct was so different from that of A. Taylor's ; and after pausing he left ...
... asked me some questions of the state of my mind . I found utterance , and poured out my heart to him . He seemed affected with my distress , especially as my conduct was so different from that of A. Taylor's ; and after pausing he left ...
Page 206
... asked in to milk and cookies . Oct. 2 I called at Mr. Curtis's house in the afternoon and though I think I took them by surprise I was made welcome and they asked me to stay to supper and I wished I might but I did not and I wondered ...
... asked in to milk and cookies . Oct. 2 I called at Mr. Curtis's house in the afternoon and though I think I took them by surprise I was made welcome and they asked me to stay to supper and I wished I might but I did not and I wondered ...
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