Quote by Solomon Northup Download Open image ““Blessed be sleep! It visiteth all alike, descending as the dews of heaven on the bond and free.”” — Solomon Northup ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The souls of the upright in sleep have vision of a mysterious heaven.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Awake ,O sleeper, And arise from the dead And Christ will shine on you .” — an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God Paul Copy Share Image
“The night is Ours. Rejoicing in the ethereal realms where We are kings. Blessed souls of forgotten immortality. They fear Us in every grasp.” — Luis Marques Copy Share Image
“Words full of kindness; they are noble truth and eternal light, on the dew drops of the innocent morning.” — sir kristian goldmund aumann Copy Share Image
“Holy sleep, do not so seldom bring happiness to the night’s beloved in this earthly labour of the day.” — Novalis Copy Share Image
“...an irresistible sleep fell deeply on his eyes, the sweetest, soundest oblivion, still as the sleep of death itself...” — Homer Copy Share Image
“Be thou glad sleeper and thy sorrow offcast. I am the gate to all good adventure.” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“even in our sleep pain which can not be borne falls drop by drop upon our hearts until, by the awful grace of God… — Aechylus Copy Share Image
“sleep soon!” Rapture From Temporal to Eternal In the blink of an eye. Skinned, deboned And winged to fly!” — Daniel Torridon Copy Share Image
“I had not then learned the measure of “man’s inhumanity to man,” nor to what limitless extent of wickedness he will go for the… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
Unsoundness in a slave, as well as in a horse, detracts materially from his value. If no warranty is given, a close examination is… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
I could not comprehend the justice of that law, or that religion, which upholds or recognizes the principle of slavery; — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
“Men may write fictions portraying lowly life as it is, or as it is not—may expatiate with owlish gravity upon the bliss of ignorance—discourse… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell! — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
“It is a mistaken opinion that prevails in some quarters that the slave does not understand the term - does not comprehend the idea… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
At such times, the heart of man turns instictively towards his Maker. In prosperity, and whenever there is nothing to injure or make him… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
“let them behold him scourged, hunted, trampled on, and they will come back with another story in their mouths. Let them know the heart… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image