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1 I have frequently found myself in tears while hearing them.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER II
2 My puffed-out eye and blood-covered face moved her to tears.
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3 There was no sorrow or suffering for which she had not a tear.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII
4 No words, no tears, no prayers, from his gory victim, seemed to move his iron heart from its bloody purpose.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER I
5 This, with the wear and tear of clothing and calking tools, made my regular expenses about six dollars per week.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER XI
6 The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER II
7 I have often, in the deep stillness of a summer's Sabbath, stood all alone upon the lofty banks of that noble bay, and traced, with saddened heart and tearful eye, the countless number of sails moving off to the mighty ocean.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER X
8 I stopped my oxen to open the woods gate; and just as I did so, before I could get hold of my ox-rope, the oxen again started, rushed through the gate, catching it between the wheel and the body of the cart, tearing it to pieces, and coming within a few inches of crushing me against the gate-post.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER X
9 After lying there about three quarters of an hour, I nerved myself up again, and started on my way, through bogs and briers, barefooted and bareheaded, tearing my feet sometimes at nearly every step; and after a journey of about seven miles, occupying some five hours to perform it, I arrived at master's store.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER X