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Abolition of the African Slave-trade: By the British Parliament - Page 74
by Thomas Clarkson - 1830
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 12

1808 - 556 pages
...Coming m sight of Wadesmill, in Hertfordshire, I sat down disconsolate on the turf, by the road-side, and held my horse. Here a thought came into my mind,...home. This was in the summer of 1785. ' In the course ef the autumn of the same year, I experienced similar impressions. I walked frequently into the woods,...
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The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the ..., Volume 1

Thomas Clarkson - 1808 - 598 pages
...Coming in sight of Wades Mill in Hertfordshire, I sat down disconsolate orr the turf by the roadside and held my horse. Here a thought came into my mind,...it was time some person should see these calamities totheir end. Agitated irrthis manner I reached home. This was in the summer of 1785. In the course...
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The Cabinet: Or, Monthly Report of Polite Literature, Volume 4

1808 - 546 pages
...down disconsolate on the turf, by the wad-side, mid held my horse. Here a thought came into my wind, that, if the contents of the essay were true, it was...see these calamities to their end. Agitated in this mauner, I reached home. Thi* was in the summer of 1785. * lu the cou.se of the autumn of the same year,...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 1

Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 pages
...authorities on which they were founded, the more I gave them credit. Coming in sight of Wadesmill, in Hertfordshire, I sat down disconsolate on the turf,...the essay were true, it was time some person should sec these calamities to their end. Agitated in this manner, I reached home. This was in the summer...
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The Annual review and history of literature, A. Aiken ed, Volume 7

Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 pages
...sight of Wades Mill, in Hertfordshire, I sat down disconsolate on (he lurf by the roadside and held ny horse. Here a thought came into my mind, that if the...it was time some person should see these calamities lo their end, Aghated in this manner I reached home. This was in the summer of 1785. " In the course...
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Select Reviews, Volumes 1-2

1809 - 914 pages
...in Hertfordshire, I sat down disconsolate on the turf, by the road side, and held my horse. Here я thought came into my mind, that if the contents of...the essay were true, it was time some person should sec these calamities to their end. Agitated in this manner, 1 reached home. This was in the summer...
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The baptist Magazine

1824 - 570 pages
...Trade, depicts his feelings in the following striking manner. " If the contents of my Essay (on Slavery) were true, it was time some person should see these calamities to their end. I walked frequently into the woods that I might think on the subject in solitude, and find relief to...
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The baptist Magazine

1833 - 650 pages
...Coming in sight of Wades Mill in Hertfordshire, I sat down disconsolate on the turf by the roadside and held my horse. Here a thought came into my mind,...manner I reached home. This was in the summer of 1785." Mr, Clarkson's mind was now too deeply interested in the subject to return to its ordinary occupations....
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The Tourist: A Literary and Anti-slavery Journal, Volume 1

1833 - 370 pages
...Coming in sight of Wade's Mill, in Hertfordshire, I sat down disconsolate on the turf, by the road-side, and held my horse. Here a thought came into my mind,...I reached home. This was in the summer of 1785."* After this, Mr. Clarkson translated and published his Dissertation, and, at length, determined on sacrificing...
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The Reliquary

Bernard Barton, Lucy Barton - 1836 - 210 pages
...Coming in sight of Wadesmill, in Hertfordshire, I sat down disconsolate on the turf by the road-side, and held my horse. Here a thought came into my mind,...manner, I reached home. This was in the Summer of 1785." — CLABKSON'S History of the Abolition, Vol. I., p. 210. A WANDERER by the road-way side, Where leafy...
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