 | Julia Griffiths - 1854 - 334 pages
...Coming in sight of Wade's Mill, in Hertfordshire, I sat down disconsolate on the turf by the roadside, and held my horse. Here a thought came into my mind,...if the contents of the essay were true, it was time that somebody should see these calamities to an end." These reflections, as it appears, were put off... | |
 | Julia Griffiths - 1854 - 382 pages
...Coming in sight of Wade's Mill, in Hertfordshire, I sat down disconsolate on the turf by the roadside, and held my horse. Here a thought came into my mind,...if the contents of the essay were true, it was time that somebody should see these calamities to an end" * These reflections, as it appears, were put off... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1854 - 398 pages
...Coming in sight of Wade's Mill, in Hertfordshire, I sat down disconsolate on the turf by the roadside, and held my horse. Here a thought came into my mind,...if the contents of the essay were true, it was time that somebody should see these calamities to an end." These reflections, as it appears, were put off... | |
 | 1855 - 616 pages
...Hertfordshire," to quote again from his own narrative, " I sat down disconsolate on the turf by the road-side, and held my horse. Here a thought came into my mind,...if the contents of the essay were true, it was time that some person should see these calamities to their end." The young prizeman was Thomas Clarkson,... | |
 | 1856 - 852 pages
...Hertfordshire, I sat down disconsolate on the turf by the road side, and held tny horse. Here a thpught came into my mind, that if the contents of the essay were true, it was time that some body should see these calamities to an end." These reflections, as it appears, were put off... | |
 | 1858 - 866 pages
...Hertfordshire," to quote again from his own narrative, "I sat down disconsolate on tho turf by the road-side, and held my horse. Here a thought came into my mind, that if the content» of the еввау iccre true, it teas time that some person should все these calamities... | |
 | Henry M. Wheeler - 1859 - 184 pages
...Here a thought came into my mind (oh, what a thought was that in its influence and its consequences), that, if the contents of the essay were true, it was...their end. Agitated in this manner, I reached home." The man into whose mind that thought came, was Thomas Clarkson—(cheers)—and the year was 1785.... | |
 | Henry M. Wheeler - 1861 - 254 pages
...Here a thought came into my mind (oh ! what a thought was that in its influence and its consequences), that if the contents of the essay were true, it was...calamities to their end. Agitated in this manner, 1 reached borne." The man into whose mind that thought came, was Thomas Clarksou, — and the year... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1861 - 622 pages
...by the ruad-side, asking himself if the horrible facts stated in his own composition could be true P "Here a thought came into my mind that, if the contents of my Essay were true, it was time some person should see these calamities to their end." Timidly he asked... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1870 - 462 pages
...of Wade's Mill, in Hertfordshire," he says, " I sat down disconsolate on the turf by the roadside, and held my horse. Here a thought came into my mind, that, if the contents of the Essay were true, it ii'as time some person should see these calamities to their end." 1 Pure and noble impulse to a beautiful... | |
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I sat down disconsolate on the turf by the road side and held my horse. Here a thought came into my mind, that if the contents of the Essay were true, it was time some person should see these calamities to their end. 
