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1  The sight of these always affected me powerfully.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
2  Mr. Covey's forte consisted in his power to deceive.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
3  He possessed all the disposition to deceive, but wanted the power.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  They stimulate him to greater watchfulness, and enhance his power to capture his slave.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
5  Just as I did that, one of their number gave me, with his heavy boot, a powerful kick in the left eye.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
6  The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  It afforded scope for the full exercise of all his powers, and he seemed to be perfectly at home in it.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  What I got from Sheridan was a bold denunciation of slavery, and a powerful vindication of human rights.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII
9  The moral which I gained from the dialogue was the power of truth over the conscience of even a slaveholder.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII
10  It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
11  It was at least necessary for her to have some training in the exercise of irresponsible power, to make her equal to the task of treating me as though I were a brute.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII
12  I could never point out any thing at the Great House, no matter how beautiful or powerful, but that he had seen something at Baltimore far exceeding, both in beauty and strength, the object which I pointed out to him.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V