 | 1819 - 654 pages
...place. It was court day, and a large crowd of people was gathered about the door of the court-house. I had hardly got upon the steps to look in, when my...it came, I saw a group of about thirty negroes, of ditrereut sizes and ages, following a roughjooking white man, who sat carelessly lolling in his sulkey.They... | |
 | 1823 - 626 pages
...place. It •was court day, and a large crowd of people was gathered about the door of the court-house. I had hardly got upon the steps to look in, when my...negroes, of different sizes and ages, following a rough-looking white man, who sat carelessly lolling in his snlkey. They bad just turned round the corner,... | |
 | Zachary Macaulay - Abolitionists - 1823 - 138 pages
...place. It was court day, and a large crowd of people was gathered about the door of the court-house. I had hardly got upon the steps to look in, when my...Negroes, of different sizes and ages, following a rough-looking White man, who sat carelessly lolling in his sulkey. They had just turned round the corner,... | |
 | Zachary Macaulay - Enslaved persons - 1823 - 122 pages
...It was court day, and a large crowd of people was gathered about the door of the court-house. I bad hardly got upon the steps to look in, when my ears...and turning round to discover from what quarter it cattle, I saw a group of abont thirty Negroes, of different sizes and ages, following a rough-looking... | |
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1823 - 504 pages
...place. It was court day, and a large crowd of people was gathered about the door of the court-house. I had hardly got upon the steps to look in, when my ears were assailed by a voice of singing, and turning round to discover from what quarter it came, I saw a group of about... | |
 | William Adams (M.A.) - Voyages and travels - 1832 - 516 pages
...ears were assailed by the voice of singing : turning round to discover from what quarter it came, he saw a group of about thirty negroes, of different sizes and ages, following a rough-looking white man, who sat carelessly lolling in his sulky. They had just turned a corner, and... | |
 | William Adams - America - 1836 - 508 pages
...ears were assailed by the voice of singing : turning round to discover from what quarter it came, he saw a group of about thirty negroes, of different sizes and ages, following a rough-looking white man, who sat carelessly lolling in his sulky. They had just turned a corner, and... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1839 - 464 pages
...place. It was court day, and a large crowd of people was gathered about the door of the court-house. I had hardly got upon the steps to look in, when my...negroes, of different sizes and ages, following a rough-looking white man, who sat carelessly lolling in his sulky. They had just turned round the corner,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 424 pages
...place. It •was court-day, and a large crowd of people was gathered about the door of the court-house. I had hardly got upon the steps to look in, when my...negroes, of different sizes and ages, following a rough-looking •white man, who sat carelessly lolling in his sulky. They had just turned round the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 348 pages
...it by the wit and eloquence of his fiscal opponent; nor will it рай unheeded by Mr. Bish, I bad hardly got upon the steps to look in, when my ears...negroes, of different sizes and ages, following a rough-looking white man, who sat carelessly lolling in his sulky. They had just turned round the corner,... | |
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I took the boat this morning, and crossed the ferry over to Portsmouth, the small town which I told you is opposite to this place. It was court day, and a large crowd of people was gathered about the door of the court-house. I had hardly got upon the... 
