 in his cups," Master Epps was a roystering, blustering, noisy fellow, whose chief delight was in dancing with his "niggers," or lashing them about the yard with his long whip, just for the pleasure of hearing them screech and scream, as the great welts...  Scenes from Transatlantic Life - Сторінка 208автори: Henry Bleby - 1879 - 329 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Solomon Northup - 1853 - 350 стор.
...strict a specimen of temperance as could be found on Bayou Boeuf. When " in his cups," Master Epps was a roystering, blustering, noisy fellow, whose...sober, he was silent, reserved and cunning, not beating us indiscriminately, as in his drunken moments, but sending the end of his rawhide to some tender spot... | |
 | David Brion Davis - 1997 - 502 стор.
...as strict a specimen of temperance as could be found on Bayou Bceuf. When "in his cups," Master Epps was a roystering, blustering, noisy fellow, whose...sober, he was silent, reserved and cunning, not beating us indiscriminately, as in his drunken moments, but sending the end of his rawhide to some tender spot... | |
 | Willie Lee Nichols Rose - 1999 - 558 стор.
...sugar and getting it ready for the market. Chapter XII. [on cotton] When "in his cups," Master Epps was a roystering, blustering, noisy fellow, whose...sober, he was silent, reserved and cunning, not beating us indiscriminately, as in his drunken moments, but sending the end of his rawhide to some tender spot... | |
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