"One of the men attached to the prison……" — Lewis Tappan
"One of the men attached to the prison was the occasion of great amusement on the part of the prisoners, as well as the spectators, by taking a large lump of ice to show these strangers from the tropics"
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16 Quotes by Lewis Tappan
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If any fall by the hand of violence, others will continue the blessed work.
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The African prisoners are orderly and peaceable among themselves.
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Most of the prisoners told the interpreter that they are from Mandingo.
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The curiosity to see the prisoners appears to be unabated
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There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel.
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If you wish to draw off the people from a bad or wicked custom, you must beat up for a…
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You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them…
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These meetings all have excited great attention, and have been of an exceedingly interesting character.
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We will persevere, come life or death.
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The prisoners eyed the clothes some time, and laughed a good deal among themselves before they put them on.
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Indeed, the whole company, although thin in flesh, and generally of slight forms, and limbs, especially, are as good looking…
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They said their sufferings were great on the passage, and several of their number had died.
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Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their…
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Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.
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Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play.
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To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.
— Joseph Addison
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I was actually the manager of the games department of an amusement park when I was at college, so I…
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While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept…
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I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they…
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Newton took no exercise, indulged in no amusements, and worked incessantly, often spending eighteen or nineteen hours out of the…
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I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind,…
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