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... writing she obtained by her own in- dustry and curiosity , and in so short a time that in the year 1765 , when she was not more than twelve years of age , she was capable of writing letters to her friends on various subjects . She also ...
... writing she obtained by her own in- dustry and curiosity , and in so short a time that in the year 1765 , when she was not more than twelve years of age , she was capable of writing letters to her friends on various subjects . She also ...
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... writing poetry , and a small volume of her composi- tion was published in 1773 , when she was about nine- teen years of ... write them . " 7. Her master says- " Having a great inclination to learn the Latin language , she has made some ...
... writing poetry , and a small volume of her composi- tion was published in 1773 , when she was about nine- teen years of ... write them . " 7. Her master says- " Having a great inclination to learn the Latin language , she has made some ...
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... writer , and can assure our readers that the account here given is true . - Edi- tor of the ' Religious Intelligencer . ' . 1. It was a comfortless morning in the month of March , 1814 , when I first formed an acquaintance with the ...
... writer , and can assure our readers that the account here given is true . - Edi- tor of the ' Religious Intelligencer . ' . 1. It was a comfortless morning in the month of March , 1814 , when I first formed an acquaintance with the ...
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... writer . is employed in imparting instruction , reproof , or correc- tion , to the rising , or risen generation ; while the deeds . of the mighty are recorded with splendor , the exploits of the heroes proclaimed from the house tops ...
... writer . is employed in imparting instruction , reproof , or correc- tion , to the rising , or risen generation ; while the deeds . of the mighty are recorded with splendor , the exploits of the heroes proclaimed from the house tops ...
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... write unto thee . Truly I have felt a great con- cern for my brethren , my kinsmen according to the flesh . Of my mother's children , four were sent to the western countries : my father and two children were sent to the West Indies ...
... write unto thee . Truly I have felt a great con- cern for my brethren , my kinsmen according to the flesh . Of my mother's children , four were sent to the western countries : my father and two children were sent to the West Indies ...
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Page 46 - For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty ; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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Page 11 - To the Publick" that prefaces Phillis Wheatley's book and that reads in part: We whose Names are under-written, do assure the World, that the Poems specified in the following Page, were (as we verily believe) written by Phillis, a young Negro Girl, who was but a few Years since, brought an uncultivated Barbarian from Africa, and has ever since been, and now is, under the Disadvantage of serving as a Slave in a Family in this Town. She has been examined by some of the best Judges, and is thought qualified...
Page 136 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.