All 15 Uses of
cease
in
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
- I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.†
Chpt 1
- Was it any wonder that within a few hours the wild rejoicing ceased and a feeling of deep gloom seemed to pervade the slave quarters?†
Chpt 1
- The things that they disliked most, I think, were to have their long hair cut, to give up wearing their blankets, and to cease smoking; but no white American ever thinks that any other race is wholly civilized until he wears the white man's clothes, eats the white man's food, speaks the white man's language, and professes the white man's religion.†
Chpt 6
- In the majority of cases there was nothing to be seen in the cabin to remind one of the coming of the Saviour, except that the people had ceased work in the fields and were lounging about their homes.†
Chpt 9
- For several months the work of securing the money with which to pay for the farm went on without ceasing.†
Chpt 9
- The boldness of what I had done never dawned upon me until I saw the picture made by the rector of Trinity Church standing before that large audience under an old umbrella, waiting for the rain to cease so that he could go on with his address.†
Chpt 12
- It was not very long before the rain ceased and Dr. Donald finished his sermon; and an excellent sermon it was, too, in spite of the weather.†
Chpt 12
- She literally wore herself out in her never ceasing efforts in behalf of the work that she so dearly loved.†
Chpt 13
- I pity him because I know that he is trying to stop the progress of the world, and because I know that in time the development and the ceaseless advance of humanity will make him ashamed of his weak and narrow position.†
Chpt 13
- Many of these organizations went so far in their resolutions as to advise parents to cease sending their children to Tuskegee.†
Chpt 14
- I do not believe that the Negro should cease voting, for a man cannot learn the exercise of self-government by ceasing to vote, any more than a boy can learn to swim by keeping out of the water, but I do believe that in his voting he should more and more be influenced by those of intelligence and character who are his next-door neighbours.†
Chpt 14
- I do not believe that the Negro should cease voting, for a man cannot learn the exercise of self-government by ceasing to vote, any more than a boy can learn to swim by keeping out of the water, but I do believe that in his voting he should more and more be influenced by those of intelligence and character who are his next-door neighbours.†
Chpt 14
- This, it seems to me, is unwise and unreasonable, and should cease.
Chpt 14 *cease = stop or discontinue
- In saying this I do not mean that the Negro should truckle, or not vote from principle, for the instant he ceases to vote from principle he loses the confidence and respect of the Southern white man even.†
Chpt 14
- I believe that in time, through the operation of intelligence and friendly race relations, all cheating at the ballot-box in the South will cease.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(cease) to stop or discontinue