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 | Andrew Reid (of London.) - 1824 - 274 pages
...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home, — then why abroad ? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That..., They touch our country, and their shackles fall. COWPEH. Edinburgh, 2ith July, 1323 SLAVERY, horrific name ! torn from kindred and country, forced by... | |
 | Edward Allen Talbot - Canada - 1824 - 848 pages
...know is a most righteous shame. You are entirely mistaken, Sir; we have no slaves in Great Britain. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive...free; They touch our country and their shackles fall. LAND. Aye, Aye I you mean, you have no negirs in England : We know all that, but we also know that... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...slave, And wear the bonds, tlum fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home— then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That...Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs JU'i « ! . i uur air, that moment they are free ; They touch our eountry, and their shackles fall.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...slave, And wear the bonds, then fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And they themselves once 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... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1825 - 188 pages
...in claiming as an ancestor, than the man to whom we owe our power of repeating with truth. 121 > " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...They touch our country, and their shackles fall." QUEEN CHARLOTTE. MANY unostentatious acts of humanity and benevolence are related of her late Majesty,... | |
 | Child development - 1825 - 90 pages
...the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lunge Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our Country, and their shackles fall. * Life of Granville Sharp, by Prince Hoar. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of... | |
 | Education - 1825 - 498 pages
...admiring, but that you will also endeavour to imitate. " We have no slaves at home. — Then why abroad? And they themselves, once 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That...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... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 394 pages
...pride in claiming as an ancestor, than the man to whom we owe our power of repeating with truth, " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...They touch our country, and their shackles fall." MR. CLARKSON. In 1785, Dr. Pickard, Master of Magdalen College, in the University of Cambridge, gavaout... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 224 pages
...sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungs Receive...our air, that moment they are free; They touch our count.-y, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing.... | |
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