 | Olaudah Equiano - 1837 - 312 Seiten
...his owner, my late master, finding that the bent of my mind was towards London, said to me, ' We hope you won't leave us, but 'that you will still be with...London, I obediently answered my benefactors, that 1 would go in the vessel, and not leave them ; and from the day I was entered on hoard as an ablebodied... | |
 | Wilson Armistead - 1848 - 654 Seiten
...Captain Doran entreated me not to leave them. Here, gratitude bowed me down and induced me to remain. None but the generous mind can judge of my feelings, struggling between inclination and duty. I entered as a sailor on one of Mr. King's vessels, with the intention of making a voyage or two, entirely... | |
 | 1878 - 626 Seiten
...his owner, my late master, finding that the bent of my mind was towards London, said to me, " We hope you won't leave us, but that you will still be with...bowed me down ; and none but the generous mind can j udge of my feelings, struggling between inclination and duty. However, notwithstanding my wish to... | |
 | Charles T. Davis, Henry Louis Gates Jr. - 1991 - 385 Seiten
...Significantly, Equiano signs up for a voyage with Captain Farmer only to repay this debt, and is burdened by it: Here gratitude bowed me down; and none but the generous...feelings, struggling between inclination and duty. (II. 20) It is in this frame of mind that he begins his last voyage with Farmer, and immediately they... | |
 | William L. Andrews, Henry Louis Gates - 2000 - 1066 Seiten
...his owner, my late master, finding that the bent of my mind was towards London, said to me, 'We hope you won't leave us, but that you will still be with...that I would go in the vessel, and not leave them; and from that day I was entered on board as an able-bodied sailor, at thirty-six shillings per month,... | |
 | Olaudah Equiano - 2001 - 340 Seiten
...his owner, my late master, finding that the bent of my mind was towards London, said to me, "We hope you won't leave us, but that you will still be with...that I would go in the vessel, and not leave them; and from that day I was entered on board as an able-bodied sailor, at thirty-six shillings per month,... | |
 | Olaudah Equiano - 2003 - 436 Seiten
...his owner my late master, finding that the bent of my mind was towards London, said to me, "We hope you won't leave us, but that you will still be with...that I would go in the vessel, and not leave them; and from that day I was entered on board as an able-bodied sailor, at thirty-six shillings per month,... | |
 | Vincent Carretta - 1996 - 416 Seiten
...his owner my late master, finding that the bent of my mind was towards London, said to me, "We hope you won't leave us, but that you will still be with...that I would go in the vessel, and not leave them; and from that day I was entered on board as an able-bodied sailor, at thirtysix shillings per month,... | |
 | Vincent Carretta - 2005 - 472 Seiten
...request of his "worthy captain, and his owner my late master" that he continue to work on King's vessels: "Gratitude bowed me down; and none but the generous...feelings, struggling between inclination and duty." Duty won. King had freed him as promised. The transition from a master-slave relationship to an employer-employee... | |
 | Olaudah Equiano - 2006 - 450 Seiten
...his owner, my late master, finding that the bent of my mind was towards London, said to me, 'We hope you won't leave us, but that you will still be with...that I would go in the vessel, and not leave them; and from that day I was entered on board as an able-bodied sailor, at thirty-six shillings per month,... | |
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... thought. Some of the sable females, who formerly stood aloof, now began to relax and appear less coy; but my heart was still fixed on London, where I hoped to be ere long. So that my worthy captain and his owner, my late master, finding that the bent... 
