It would guarantee to the free Negro "the right to live," "the capacity to acquire and hold property," the "right to till the soil, to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, and to enjoy the rewards of his own labor. The Hopes of Matrimony: A Poem-- - Page vby John Holland - 1822 - 68 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1822 - 572 pages
...certainly very creditable to the talents and industry of the author; who tells us, in his preface* that he ' has ventured to devote the brief leisure of a...to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, and to labor for the support of a family, with the welfare of which he stands connected as a brother and a... | |
| William Nevins - 1836 - 412 pages
...inspiration reclaim it. NOVEL READING AND THEATRES. I cannot conceive that man, whose twofold business it is to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, and to work out his salvation with fear and trembling, ought to have much to do with those tales of chivalrous... | |
| William Nevins - 1836 - 432 pages
...inspiration reclaim it. NOVEL READING AND THEATRES. I cannot conceive that man, whose twofold business it is to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, and to work out his salvation with fear and trembling, ought to have much to do with those tales of chivalrous... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1837 - 426 pages
...relaxation in order to its health and vigour. To furnish these to the hard-toiling labourer, who has to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, and to the beasts of burden employed in his service, the weekly rest has, therefore, been ordered by an all-wise... | |
| charles black - 1850 - 630 pages
...of peace, through the influence of the best affections, and among mea each one of whom desires but to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, and to serve his neighbour while he supports himself ! The paradox is a sad one. No land ever yet complained... | |
| Robert Hall Baynes - 1871 - 684 pages
...pray thee, into one of the priest's offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread." He preferred rather to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow ; and to expend whatever energies he possessed, or opportunities he could command, for spiritual work purely... | |
| George Cole - 1868 - 404 pages
...the bitterness of peculiar griefs and the sweetness of peculiar joys ? There is a poor man, who has to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, and to keep a wife and family from starving. Times are hard, and his earnings small: he "rises early, and... | |
| D. Aubrey - 1884 - 330 pages
...Tower of Silence, but if such a usage does exist Pestongee doea not observe it. His religion teaches him to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, and most thoroughly does he do this, for he is an untiring worker. Indeed I will allow you that the warlike... | |
| 1895 - 844 pages
...association with God, because at this event we are told that Adam was banished from tbe presence of the Lord to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, and to take upon himself a mortal tabernacle, subject unto death, as a consequence of the transgression or... | |
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