1 The heart of my once overkind mistress was again melted into pity.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassGet Context In CHAPTER X 2 They are, in the first place, a constant offence to their mistress.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassGet Context In CHAPTER I 3 It is due, however, to my mistress to say of her, that she did not adopt this course of treatment immediately.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassGet Context In CHAPTER VII 4 In learning to read, I owe almost as much to the bitter opposition of my master, as to the kindly aid of my mistress.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassGet Context In CHAPTER VI 5 I have frequently felt her head, and found it nearly covered with festering sores, caused by the lash of her cruel mistress.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassGet Context In CHAPTER VI 6 My mistress used to go to class meeting at the Wilk Street meetinghouse every Monday afternoon, and leave me to take care of the house.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassGet Context In CHAPTER VII 7 It was almost compensation for my suffering to witness, once more, a manifestation of kindness from this, my once affectionate old mistress.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassGet Context In CHAPTER X 8 And here I saw what I had never seen before; it was a white face beaming with the most kindly emotions; it was the face of my new mistress, Sophia Auld.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassGet Context In CHAPTER V 9 Very soon after my return to Baltimore, my mistress, Lucretia, died, leaving her husband and one child, Amanda; and in a very short time after her death, Master Andrew died.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassGet Context In CHAPTER VIII 10 Whilst I was saddened by the thought of losing the aid of my kind mistress, I was gladdened by the invaluable instruction which, by the merest accident, I had gained from my master.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassGet Context In CHAPTER VI 11 My mistress, who had kindly commenced to instruct me, had, in compliance with the advice and direction of her husband, not only ceased to instruct, but had set her face against my being instructed by any one else.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassGet Context In CHAPTER VII 12 My mistress was, as I have said, a kind and tender-hearted woman; and in the simplicity of her soul she commenced, when I first went to live with her, to treat me as she supposed one human being ought to treat another.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassGet Context In CHAPTER VII