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... pray , 5. In her leisure moments she often indulged herself in writing poetry , and a small volume of her composi- tion was published in 1773 , when she was about nine- teen years of age , attested by the Governor of Massa- chusetts ...
... pray , 5. In her leisure moments she often indulged herself in writing poetry , and a small volume of her composi- tion was published in 1773 , when she was about nine- teen years of age , attested by the Governor of Massa- chusetts ...
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... prayer , he often hear Sarah pray . 5. " So I wipe my eyes , dont cry any more ; go out in bushes , where nobody see , fall down on my old knees and pray . God give me great many words ; pray great while . God make all my mind peace ...
... prayer , he often hear Sarah pray . 5. " So I wipe my eyes , dont cry any more ; go out in bushes , where nobody see , fall down on my old knees and pray . God give me great many words ; pray great while . God make all my mind peace ...
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... pray , he show me great many words , and they be so sweet , I want to know a great deal more . O when I get home to heaven , then I know all , no want to read any more . " In this strain of simple piety , she told me her first ...
... pray , he show me great many words , and they be so sweet , I want to know a great deal more . O when I get home to heaven , then I know all , no want to read any more . " In this strain of simple piety , she told me her first ...
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... pray , can't love Jesus , though he so good . This make me sorrow more and more . When Sunday come , want go Meetin ' gain . Husband say , you shan't go ; I beat you if you go . So I wait till he go off hunt- ing , then shut up children ...
... pray , can't love Jesus , though he so good . This make me sorrow more and more . When Sunday come , want go Meetin ' gain . Husband say , you shan't go ; I beat you if you go . So I wait till he go off hunt- ing , then shut up children ...
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... pray great deal , so go out hoe corn , pray all the time . 16. " When come in house , husband sleep . Then I kneel down and tell Jesus take my bad heart --- can't bear bad heart ; pray give me Holy Spirit , make my heart soft , make it ...
... pray great deal , so go out hoe corn , pray all the time . 16. " When come in house , husband sleep . Then I kneel down and tell Jesus take my bad heart --- can't bear bad heart ; pray give me Holy Spirit , make my heart soft , make it ...
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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...
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