#th

All the principal people in the town are concerned in the slave trade, and their chief wealth consists in the number of slaves they possess; therefore there is little chance of the trade being, for many years, totally abolished. ↗

— George Grey

#chance #chief #concerned #consists #little

On embarking to return we could perceive no sign of One Tree Island; and as we swept down towards the sea the leafy top of a tree seen in the clear water under the boat was the only evidence of its existence; though a few hours ago it had formed so prominent an object. ↗

— George Grey

#boat #clear #could #down #embarking

Spanish alone was understood or spoken here; our friend, the countryman, stuck to us most nobly, he understood us not a bit better than the rest but saw that we were in distress and would not desert us. ↗

— George Grey

#better #bit #countryman #desert #distress

Sunrise offered a very beautiful spectacle; the water was quite unruffled, but the motion communicated by the tides was so great that, although there was not a breath of air stirring, the sea heaved slowly with a grand and majestic motion. ↗

— George Grey

#although #beautiful #breath #communicated #grand

I think that at the supper I neither receive flesh nor blood, but bread and wine; which bread when it is broken, and the wine when it is drunken, put me in remembrance how that for my sins the body of Christ was broken, and his blood shed on the cross. ↗

— Jane Grey

#body #bread #broken #christ #cross

I also don't have a desire to be on the A-list. I feel more people can relate to the D-list than the A-list. ↗

— Kathy Griffin

#desire #feel #i #i feel #more

Pray God in the bowels of his mercy to send you his Holy Spirit; for he hath given you his great gift of utterance, if it pleased him also to open the eyes of your heart. ↗

— Jane Grey

#bowels #eyes #gift #given #god

Although it hath pleased God to hasten my death by you, by whom my life should rather have been lengthened, yet can I patiently take it, that I yield God more hearty thanks for shortening my woeful days. ↗

— Jane Grey

#been #days #death #god #hasten

No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything. ↗

— Zane Grey

#appreciation #connected #everything #except #him

I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture. ↗

— Zane Grey

#even #go #i #into #mine