 | Wilson Armistead - 1848 - 654 Seiten
...them, as I thought, fulfilled and verified. My imagination was all rapture as I flew to the Register Office ; and in this respect, like the apostle Peter,...— not the tender mother who has just regained her long-lost infant, and presses it to her heart ! All within my breast was tumult, wildness, and delirium... | |
 | Wilson Armistead - 1848 - 668 Seiten
...them, as I thought, fulfilled and verified. My imagination was all rapture as I flew to the Register Office ; and in this respect, like the apostle Peter,...Not conquering heroes themselves, in the midst of a triumph—not the tender mother who has just regained her long-lost infant, and presses it to her heart!... | |
 | 1878 - 626 Seiten
...them, as I thought, fulfilled and verified. My imagination was all rapture as I flew to the "Register Office; and, in this respect, like the apostle Peter...in a vision) I could scarcely believe I was awake. Who could do justice to my feelings at this moment? All within my breast was tumult, wildness, and... | |
 | William L. Andrews, Henry Louis Gates - 2000 - 1066 Seiten
...them, as I thought, fulfilled and verified. My imagination was all rapture as I flew to the Register Office, and, in this respect, like the apostle Peter,*...— Not the tender mother who has just regained her long-lost infant, and presses it to her heart — Not the weary hungry mariner, at the sight of the... | |
 | Olaudah Equiano - 2001 - 340 Seiten
...imagination was all rapture as I flew to the Register Office, and, in this respect, like the apostle Peter,2 (whose deliverance from prison was so sudden and extraordinary,...— Not the tender mother who has just regained her long-lost infant, and presses it to her heart — Not the weary hungry mariner, at the sight of the... | |
 | C. L. Innes - 2002 - 336 Seiten
...legal manumission is eloquently conveyed: My imagination was all rapture as I flew to the register Office; and, in this respect, like the apostle Peter,...Not conquering heroes themselves, in the midst of triumph - Not the tender mother who has just regained her long-lost infant, and presses it to her heart... | |
 | Olaudah Equiano - 2003 - 436 Seiten
...was all rapture as I flew to the Register Office: and, in this respect, like the apostle Peter,373 (whose deliverance from prison was so sudden and extraordinary,...— Not the tender mother who has just regained her long-lost infant, and presses it to her heart — Not the weary hungry mariner, at the sight of the... | |
 | Vincent Carretta - 1996 - 416 Seiten
...was all rapture as I flew to the Register Office: and, in this respect, like the apostle Peter, 18 ' (whose deliverance from prison was so sudden and extraordinary,...Not conquering heroes themselves, in the midst of a triumph—Not the tender mother who has just regained her long-lost infant, and presses it to her heart—Not... | |
 | Vincent Carretta - 2005 - 472 Seiten
...Equiano embraced the news of his own freedom with an almost inexpressible and incomparable exuberance: "Heavens! who could do justice to my feelings at this...— Not the tender mother who has just regained her long-lost infant, and presses it to her heart — Not the weary hungry mariner, at the sight of the... | |
 | Olaudah Equiano - 2006 - 450 Seiten
...imagination was all rapture as I flew to the Register Office, and, in this respect, like the apostle Peter,21 (whose deliverance from prison was so sudden and extraordinary,...- Not the tender mother who has just regained her long-lost infant, and presses it to her heart - Not the weary 21 Acts, chap. xii. ver. 9. 229 hungry... | |
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Peter,* (whose deliverance from prison was so sudden and extraordinary, that he thought he was in a vision) I could scarcely believe I was awake. Heavens! who could do justice to my feelings at this moment! Not conquering heroes themselves, in the midst... 
