 ... but, being afraid of him, I would not take it out of his hand. One of the blacks, therefore, took it from him and gave it to me, and I took a little down my palate, which, instead of reviving me as they thought it would, threw me into the greatest...  The Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, the African - Page 42by Olaudah Equiano - 1837 - 294 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...me I was not: and one of the crew brought me a small portion of spirituous liquor in a wine glass, but, being afraid of him, I would not take it out...before. Soon after this, the blacks who brought me on board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning... | |
 | Abu Shardow Abarry - History - 1996 - 852 pages
...me I was not: and one of the crew brought me a small portion of spirituous liquor in a wine glass, but, being afraid of him, I would not take it out...before. Soon after this, the blacks who brought me on board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning... | |
 | Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - History - 1997 - 1148 pages
...me I was not: and one of the crew brought me a small portion of spirituous liquor in a wine glass; ull, treat their Servants well, both in their meat,...Christians to do. But if the Masters be cruell, the on board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning... | |
 | Edward L. Ayers, Bradley C. Mittendorf - Fiction - 1997 - 608 pages
...me I was not: and one of the crew brought me a small portion of spirituous liquor in a wine glass, but, being afraid of him, I would not take it out...before. Soon after this, the blacks who brought me on board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning... | |
 | W. M. Verhoeven, Beth Dolan Kautz - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 230 pages
...me I was not; and one of the crew brought me a small portion of spirituous liquor in a wine glass; but, being afraid of him, I would not take it out...before. Soon after this, the blacks who brought me on board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning... | |
 | Hugh Thomas - Business & Economics - 1997 - 916 pages
...small portion of spiritous liquor in a wine glass. ... I took a little down my palate, which . . . threw me into the greatest consternation at the strange...produced, having never tasted any such liquor before. . . ." Equiano testifies to the widespread suspicion, throughout Africa, that the white (or "red")... | |
 | William L. Andrews, Henry Louis Gates - Literary Collections - 2000 - 1066 pages
...me I was not; and one of the crew brought me a small portion of spirituous liquor in a wine glass; but, being afraid of him, I would not take it out...before. Soon after this the blacks who brought me on board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning... | |
 | Olaudah Equiano - Social Science - 2001 - 340 pages
...me I was not; and one of the crew brought me a small portion of spirituous liquor in a wine glass; but, being afraid of him, I would not take it out...before. Soon after this the blacks who brought me on board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning... | |
 | Education - 2003 - 374 pages
...told me I was not; and one of the crew brought me a small portion of spiritous liquor in a wine glass; but being afraid of him, I would not take it out of...tasted any such liquor before. Soon after this, the black who brought me on board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. I now saw myself deprived... | |
 | Manning Marable - History - 2003 - 708 pages
...of the meanest slave in my own country. When I looked round the ship too and saw a large furnace or copper boiling, and a multitude of black people of...before. Soon after this the blacks who brought me on board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning... | |
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