Recollections of a Southern MatronHarper & Brothers, 1838 - 272 pages Fictionalized autobiographical account of the habits and manners of Southerners, set primarily in South Carolina. |
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... Miss Neely , Jim can play cootah * to da buckrah . " About ten o'clock in the evening , when we had retired for the night , Mr. Bates fancied he heard unusual noises ; and looking out , he saw a large basket hoisted by a rope to my ...
... Miss Neely , Jim can play cootah * to da buckrah . " About ten o'clock in the evening , when we had retired for the night , Mr. Bates fancied he heard unusual noises ; and looking out , he saw a large basket hoisted by a rope to my ...
Page 52
... Miss Wilton give me as they do at Roseland ; but it is the very picture of ... Neely sent her , and was in a great maze at niggers doing anything so tasty ... Mrs. Prudence admires the Thomson's Seasons Mr. John sent her . She has kivered ...
... Miss Wilton give me as they do at Roseland ; but it is the very picture of ... Neely sent her , and was in a great maze at niggers doing anything so tasty ... Mrs. Prudence admires the Thomson's Seasons Mr. John sent her . She has kivered ...
Page 69
... Neely ! t She row bery fast , Miss Neely ! An't no boat like a ' Miss Neely , Ho yoi ' ! * Boys , a term used to negroes even of a mature age . + Plantation boats are often named for members of a family . The chorus of one of the ...
... Neely ! t She row bery fast , Miss Neely ! An't no boat like a ' Miss Neely , Ho yoi ' ! * Boys , a term used to negroes even of a mature age . + Plantation boats are often named for members of a family . The chorus of one of the ...
Page 70
... Neely , Bery handsome boat Miss Neely ! Maus Lewis nice captain for Neely , Ho you ' ! " The verse was welcomed with shouts of laughter , and called for again and again , until the echoes of the Ashley shouted " encore ! " but all the ...
... Neely , Bery handsome boat Miss Neely ! Maus Lewis nice captain for Neely , Ho you ' ! " The verse was welcomed with shouts of laughter , and called for again and again , until the echoes of the Ashley shouted " encore ! " but all the ...
Page 90
... Miss Neely , " and they hurried through the piazza . How many reflections crowded through my mind as they disappeared ! My youthful sports ; the hours I had passed with Charles Duncan ; my parting with Lewis ; my father's fond ...
... Miss Neely , " and they hurried through the piazza . How many reflections crowded through my mind as they disappeared ! My youthful sports ; the hours I had passed with Charles Duncan ; my parting with Lewis ; my father's fond ...
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Page 93 - Tis sweeter far to me, To walk together to the kirk With a goodly company! — To walk together to the kirk, And all together pray, While each to his great Father bends, Old men, and babes, and loving friends And youths and maidens gay!
Page 54 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 74 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill...
Page 61 - The fountains of divine philosophy Fled not his thirsting lips, and all of great, Or good, or lovely, which the sacred past In truth or fable consecrates, he felt And knew.
Page 67 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 106 - WHEN I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.