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" ... so tame that two little blacks mounted both together on the back of the largest : no sooner did he feel their weight, than he began to run as fast as possible, and carried them several times round the village, as it was impossible to stop him otherwise... "
Scenes in Foreign Lands: From the Portfolio and Journal of a Traveller in ... - Page 228
by Isaac Taylor - 1841 - 328 pages
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The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 2

Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 pages
...mounted both together on theback of the largest. No sooner did he feel their weight, than he began to rim as fast as possible, and carried them several times...wished it to be repeated ; and, to try their strength, directed a full-grown negro to mount the smallest, and two others the largest. This burthen did not...
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The Youth's magazine, or Evangelical miscellany

1814 - 984 pages
...that two little blacks mounted both together on the back of the largest. No sooner did he feel their weight, than he began to run as fast as possible,...impossible to stop him, otherwise than by obstructing the pas•age. This sight pleased me so much, that I •wished it to be repeated ; and, to try their strength...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 9

1826 - 376 pages
...that two little blacks mounted both together on the back of the largest. No sooner did he feel their weight, than he began to run as fast as possible,...wished it to be repeated, and to try their strength, directed a fullgrown negro to mount the smallest, and two others the largest. This burthen did not...
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The Scrap-book, Or, A Selection of Interesting and Authentic Anecdotes

1825 - 188 pages
...that two littje blacks mounted both together on the back of the largest. No sooner did be feel their weight, than he began to run as fast as possible, and carried them several times round the vHlage, as it was impossible to stop him otherwise than by obstructing the passage. This sight pleased...
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Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Volume 3

William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...that two little blacks mounted both together on the back of the largest. No sooner did he feel their weight, than he began to run as fast as possible,...than by obstructing the passage. This sight pleased Mr. Adanson so much, that he wished it to be repeated ; and, to try their strength, he directed a full-grown...
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A Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals: Interspersed with ...

1829 - 494 pages
...that two little blacks mounted both together on the back of the largest. No sooner did he feel their weight, than he began to run as fast as possible, and carried them several times round the village ; and it was impossible to stop him otherwise than by obstructing the passage. This sight pleased Mr....
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The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster, Volume 16

Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 pages
...two little negroes mounted, both together, on the back of the largest. No sooner did he feel their weight, than he began to run as fast as possible, and carried them several times round the village; nor could he be stopped otherwise than by obstructing the passage. Te try their strength, he directed...
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ...

Robert Jameson, James Wilson, Hugh Murray - 1831 - 382 pages
...that two little blacks mounted both together on the back of the largest : no sooner did he feel their weight, than he began to run as fast as possible,...the passage. This sight pleased me so much that I ordered it to be repeated ; and, to try their strength, directed a fullgrown negro to mount the smallest,...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 1

1833 - 310 pages
...that two little blacks mounted both together on the back of the largest. No sooner did he feel their weight than he began to run as fast as possible, and...wished it to be repeated ; and, to try their strength, directed a fullgrown negro to mount the smallest, and two others the largest. This burden did not seem...
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ...

Robert Jameson, James Wilson, Hugh Murray - 1833 - 394 pages
...that two little blacks mounted both together on the back of the largest : no sooner did he feel their weight, than he began to run as fast as possible,...the passage. This sight pleased me so much that I ordered it to be repeated ; and, to try their strength, directed a fullgrown negro to mount the smallest,...
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