 | 1809 - 530 Seiten
...first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body...the irresistible genius of universal emancipation.' p. 169, 170. In the same speech, there is the following striking view of the advantages of a free press,... | |
 | John Philpot Curran - 1804 - 408 Seiten
...tirst moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink, together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, thai burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and i isenthralkd, by the in-esistable... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 366 Seiten
...sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her majesty; his body swells beyond the measure of his...the irresistible genius of universal emancipation I" EXQUISITE IRONICAL HUMOUR. " Gentlemen, how then does Mr. O'Brien's tale hang together? Look to... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 322 Seiten
...the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her majesty ; his Ixxly swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst...the irresistible genius of universal emancipation !" EXQUISITE IRONICAL HUMOUR. " Gentlemen, how then does Mr. O'Brien's tale hang together ? Look to... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 464 Seiten
...'first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body...the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION !* Mr. Curran then proceeded. — Gentlemen, I am not such a fool, as to ascribe any effusion of this... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 458 Seiten
...first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body...the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION !* Mr. Curran then proceeded. — Gentlemen, I am not such a fool, as to ascribe any effusion of this... | |
 | 1808 - 542 Seiten
...first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body...irresistible genius of ' universal emancipation.' [[Here Mr. Curran was interrupted by a sudden burst of applause from the court and hall. Silence howevtr... | |
 | Edward Mangin - 1808 - 240 Seiten
...in the dust; ' his soul walks abroad in her own ma189 * jesty; his body swells beyond tlietnea' sure of his chains, that burst from * around him; and he...disenthralled, by the * irresistible genius of universal emanci* pation !' The resources of this great orator's own mind are known to be nearly inexhaustible... | |
 | 1809 - 530 Seiten
...first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body...the irresistible genius of universal emancipation.' p. 169, 170. In a speech for Mr Hamilton Rowan, accused of the publication of a seditious libel, he... | |
 | 1810 - 438 Seiten
...first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the God sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body...the irresistible Genius of Universal Emancipation. We think that the application of the image in the concluding sentence of the same speech has been borrowed,... | |
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... -,—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells... 
