KIND in Classic Quotes

1  To my disappointment, I found nothing of the kind.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VII.

2  Parched corn was used for coffee, and a kind of black molasses was used instead of sugar.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter I.

3  It was difficult for these people to see how education would produce any other kind of a coloured man.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VIII.

4  As fast as any kind of teachers could be secured, not only were day-schools filled, but night-schools as well.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II.

5  In fact, for some time we were not able to provide, except in a few cases, bedsteads and mattresses of any kind.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XI.

6  They usually contrived some kind of a place for me to sleep, either on the floor or in a special part of another's bed.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VII.

7  I found that they were about like any other human beings; that they responded to kind treatment and resented ill-treatment.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VI.

8  They were happy in the privilege of being permitted to enjoy any kind of opportunity that would enable them to improve their condition.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XI.

9  The address which I delivered on Commencement Day seems to have pleased every one, and many kind and encouraging words were spoken to me regarding it.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VI.

10  About this time the question of having some kind of a school opened for the coloured children in the village began to be discussed by members of the race.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II.

11  That meant a kind of rough dance, where there was likely to be a good deal of whiskey used, and where there might be some shooting or cutting with razors.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter IX.

12  This was the first time that I had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college that was more pretentious than the little coloured school in our town.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter III.

13  From the time that I can remember anything, almost every day of my life had been occupied in some kind of labour; though I think I would now be a more useful man if I had had time for sports.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter I.

14  After they had remained away for a while, many of the older slaves, especially, returned to their old homes and made some kind of contract with their former owners by which they remained on the estate.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II.

15  In fact, I do not remember that up to the time of going to school I had ever worn any kind of covering upon my head, nor do I recall that either I or anybody else had even thought anything about the need of covering for my head.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II.

16  In some way I managed to get on till the teachers learned that I was in earnest and meant to succeed, and then some of them were kind enough to see that I was partly supplied with second-hand clothing that had been sent in barrels from the North.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter III.

17  I have noted the fact, but without satisfaction, I need not add, that several of the boys who began their careers with "store hats" and who were my schoolmates and used to join in the sport that was made of me because I had only a "homespun" cap, have ended their careers in the penitentiary, while others are not able now to buy any kind of hat.

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II.