 | 1838 - 448 oldal
...delighted to hear some one call to me in broken English : I turned and beheld a Negro, dressed lightly in European fashion. He told me he had left his native...only the day before I had suffered shipwreck, and I related to him all the sad particulars. The compassionate Negro felt for my destitute condition :... | |
 | 1861 - 296 oldal
...I was surprised to hear some one call to me in English ; I turned and saw a negro, dressed lightly, in European fashion. He told me he had left his native...was now returning to his African friends. Observing my dress, he conjectured I was a person in distress, as this was not a part of the coast for strangers... | |
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... them, I forgot the pains of my own suffering, though my feet were very sore, and my body covered with blisters from the extreme heat of the sun. Presently I was surprised and delighted to hear some one call to me in broken English : I turned and beheld... 