 | Mungo Park - 1825 - 188 Seiten
...female part of •her family to resume their task of spinning cotton, in which they were employed during a great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was extempore, and Mr. Park the subject of it. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the <A t,\a^ literally... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1832 - 430 Seiten
...astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton, in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore, for I was myself the subject of it ; it was sung by one of the young women,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 290 Seiten
...astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton ; in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore ; for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women>... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1840 - 262 Seiten
...astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton, in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore ; for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women,... | |
 | Simple lessons - 1841 - 102 Seiten
...on me with astonishment, to begin spinning cotton, and in this they employed themselves the greater part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which they made on the subject of my visit. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words were these : —... | |
 | Wilson Armistead - 1848 - 654 Seiten
...astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton ; in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night. " They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore : for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women,... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1848 - 352 Seiten
...astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton, in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore, for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women,... | |
 | Stephen Henry Ward - 1849 - 248 Seiten
...ordered them to resume their task of spinning cotton ; " in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore, for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women,... | |
 | 1852 - 460 Seiten
...astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton, m which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore, for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 460 Seiten
...astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton, in which they coatinued to employ themselves great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore, for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women,... | |
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They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore ; for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated,... 
