They did their business, and left the Wirree not much better off for their coming, venturing into the shanty for a midday meal only, and drinking sparingly, if at all, of the curious, dark spirits it Vended.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
Why must I Afric's sable children see Vended for slaves, though born by nature free, The nameless tortures cruel minds invent Those to subject whom Nature equal meant?
"The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Vol. I"
Thomas Clarkson
Do you believe the Belgians have ever been the dupes of those well-rounded periods which they Vended in the pulpit in order to familiarize them to the idea of an union with France?
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke