Owing to the exceptional vivacity and innate susceptibility of my nature—qualities which were brought home to me in my relations with members of my circle—I gradually became conscious of a certain power of transporting or bewildering my more indolent companions. — from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner
(Even while he was preaching these horrible doctrines, Bakunin, noticing that my eyes troubled me, shielded them with his outstretched hand from the naked light for a full hour, in spite of my protestations.) — from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner
Steadying myself with it there as I had repeatedly done at those moments of torment that I have described as the moments of my knowing the children to be given to something from which I was barred, I sufficiently obeyed my habit of being prepared for the worst. — from The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
In spite of many
In spite of many appearances to the contrary—usually due to social conditions of either undue superfluity that induces idle fooling or undue economic pressure that compels drudgery—childhood normally realizes the ideal of conjoint free mental play and thoughtfulness. — from How We Think by John Dewey
In spite of my father's remonstrance, Lord Frederick's daily visits were continued; for how could I interdict them after his Lordship had said, nay sworn, that I must admit him, or make London a desert to him? — from Discipline by Mary Brunton
St. Andrew's House of Correction; Tread-mill ,-- Tour through "St. Thomas in the East," -- Morant Bay; Local Magistrate; his lachrymal forebodings ,-- Proprietor of Green Wall Estate; his Testimony ,-- Testimony of a Wesleyan Missionary ,-- Belvidere Estate; Testimony of the Manager ,-- Chapel built by Apprentices ,-- House of Correction ,-- Chain-Gang ,-- A call from Special Justice Baines; his Testimony ,-- Bath ,-- Special Justice's Office; his Testimony ,-- "Alarming Rebellion," -- Testimony of a Wesleyan Missionary ,-- Principal of the Mico Charity School; his Testimony ,-- Noble instance of Filial Affection in a Negro Girl ,-- Plantain Garden River Valley; Alexander Barclay, Esq. ,-- Golden Grove Estate; Testimony of the Manager ,-- The Custos of the Parish; his Testimony ,-- Amity Hall Estate; Testimony of the Manager ,-- Lord Belmore's Prophecy ,-- Manchioneal; Special Magistrate Chamberlain; his Testimony ,-- his Weekly Court ,-- Pro slavery gnashings ,-- Visit with the Special Magistrate to the Williamsfield Estate; Testimony of the Manager ,-- Oppression of Book-keepers ,-- Sabbath; Service at a Baptist Chapel ,-- Interview with Apprentices; their Testimony ,-- Tour through St. Andrew's and Port Royal ,-- Visit to Estates in company with Special Justice Bourne ,-- White Emigrants to Jamaica ,-- Dublin Castle Estate; Special Justice Court ,-- A Despot in convulsions; arbitrary power dies hard ,-- Encounter with Mules in a mountain pass ,-- Silver Hill Estate; cases tried; Appraisement of an Apprentice ,-- Peter's Rock Estate ,-- Hall's Prospect Estate ,-- Female Traveling Merchant ,-- Negro Provision Grounds ,-- Apprentices eager to work for Money ,-- Jury of Inquest ,-- Character of Overseers ,-- Conversation with Special Justice Hamilton ,-- With a Proprietor of Estates and Local Magistrate; Testimony ,-- Spanishtown ,-- Richard Hill, Esq., Secretary of the Special Magistracy ,-- Testimony of Lord Sligo concerning him ,-- Lord Sligo's Administration; its independence and impartiality ,-- Statements of Mr. Hill ,-- Statements of Special Justice Ramsey ,-- Special Justice's Court ,-- Baptist Missionary at Spanishtown; his Testimony ,-- Actual Working of the Apprenticeship; no Insurrection; no fear of it; no Increase of Crime; Negroes improving; Marriage increased; Sabbath better kept; Religious Worship better attended; Law obeyed ,-- Apprenticeship vexatious to both parties ,-- Atrocities perpetrated by Masters and Magistrates ,-- Causes of the ill-working of the Apprenticeship -- Provisions of the Emancipation Act defeated by Planters and Magistrates ,-- The present Governor a favorite with the Planters ,-- Special Justice Palmer suspended by him ,-- Persecution of Special Justice Bourne ,-- Character of the Special Magistrates ,-- Official Cruelty; Correspondence between a Missionary and Special Magistrate ,-- Sir Lionel Smith's Message to the House of Assembly ,-- Causes of the Diminished Crops since Emancipation ,-- Anticipated Consequences of full Emancipation in 1840 ,-- Examination of the grounds of such anticipations ,-- Views of Missionaries and Colored People, Magistrates and Planters ;-- Concluding Remarks . — from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society
indescribable splendour of many
Out of the western sky there streamed an indescribable splendour of many-hued light, and far into the depths of this celestial splendour her steadfast eyes were gazing. — from Sister Dolorosa, and Posthumous Fame by James Lane Allen
in spite of much
It is at any rate certain that for a century after the war with Hannibal Rome and her allies, under the guidance of the Roman senate, achieved an amount of work in the way of war and organisation such as has hardly been performed by any people before or since; and even in the period dealt with in this book, in spite of much cause for misgiving at home, the work done by Roman and Italian armies both in East and West shows beyond doubt that under healthy discipline the native vigour of the population could assert itself. — from Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde (William Warde) Fowler
in some of Martial
According to some authors, he died of chagrin in that province: but this is not authenticated, and seems to be a mistake: for in some of Martial’s epigrams, which appear to have been written after the death of Domitian, Juvenal is spoken of as residing at Rome. — from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius
[589] utters a word of caution against comparing ancient texts with idioms of more recent peoples of Western Asia, in spite of many tempting resemblances, and claims that until further light has been shed on the problem Sumerian should be regarded as standing quite alone, "a prehistoric philological remnant." — from Man, Past and Present by A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane
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