 | Lindley Murray, John Walker - Children - 1826 - 314 pages
...wav» 1 nat parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. ! 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lunes Receive our air, that moment they are free ,' , They touch our country, and their shackles'fall. 1 hat a noble, and bespeaks a nation proud' And ealous of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch oar country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6 Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. Thatjs noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English literature - 1827 - 276 pages
...country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. COWFEK. N ,- CHAPTER IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION... | |
 | Francis Sellon White - Industrial arts - 1827 - 608 pages
...ANY SLAVE SET HIS FOOT ON ENGLISH TERRITORY, HE BECAME FREE." " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall." In 1783, the Quakers petitioned Parliament against the continuance of the slave trade,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 308 pages
...wave , ' That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lung! Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and lops'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
 | Prince Hoare - Abolitionists - 1828 - 456 pages
...ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free : They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. — Spread it... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
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Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. 
