| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 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...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;... | |
| Andrew Reid (of London.) - 1824 - 274 Seiten
...have ever earn'd. No, I would rather be myself the slave, 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 Milton - 1824 - 510 Seiten
...above all price, I had much rather be myself, the slave, And wear the bonds, tlum 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 JU'i « ! . i uur air, that moment they are... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 446 Seiten
...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad t And they themselves once 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... | |
| 1825 - 90 Seiten
...traffic. Among the most conspicuous of these was Granville Sharp*, who was one of the first to feel and notice the wrongs of the poor Africans, and nobly...Then why abroad ? And they themselves, once ferried over the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their... | |
| William Cowper - 1825 - 248 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...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... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 Seiten
...the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home—then why abroad 1 And they themselves once 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 ;... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 Seiten
...above all price ;. 1 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 they themselves OHCC ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 242 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... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 242 Seiten
...all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, • 33 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... | |
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