 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 Seiten
...above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, 35 And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home.; — Then why abroad ?...Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs 40 Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 Seiten
...above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, 35 And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home. — Then why abroad ? And...Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs 40 Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 Seiten
...above all price ; I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear. the bonds, than fasten them on him. We 'have no slaves at home — then why abroad . And...the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs Receive her air, that moment they are free ; They... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...above all price, I had much rather be the slave myself, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And...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... | |
 | John McAuley Palmer - 1899 - 850 Seiten
...the turning point in the case. Lovejoy quoted with great effect the lines of Cowper, now so familiar: Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they arc free — They touch our country and their shackles fall! "And," said he, "if this is the glory... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 Seiten
...above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave 35 And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home. — Then why abroad ? And...ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs 40 Receive our air, that moment they are... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 Seiten
...And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. Line 29. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ! They tonch our country, and their shackles fall.8 Line 40. Fast-anchor'd isle. Line isi. England, with all... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1902 - 356 Seiten
...was fundamental and therefore underground. Cowper took up the famous decision, and his two lines, " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free," (in 1781) are better known than Lord Mansfield's decision on which they were founded. Really Holt's... | |
 | Sir James Henry Yoxall - 1902 - 350 Seiten
...She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her by a single hair. —Persius, v. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free I They touch our country, and their shackles fall ! —The Task. He that repeateth a matter separateth... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - 1903 - 278 Seiten
...he lived worthy, ' Before everything, liberty!' That is Mansfield, silver tongued, who proclaimed, 'Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs receive our air, that moment they are free.' " Then New England shouts, " This is Choate, who made it safe to murder, and of whose health thieves... | |
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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. 
