 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...complete triumph in its native land. L. SLAVE TRADE. " Slavts cannot breathe In England ;~if their laagi 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,... | |
 | Education - 1825 - 498 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...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...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 - English poetry - 1825 - 248 pages
...why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...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,... | |
 | 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 are free : " They touch our country, and their shackles fall." QUEEN CHARLOTTE. MANY unostentatious acts of humanity and benevolence are related of... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...abroad ? And they, themselves once ferried o'er the wavfl That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England : If 'their lungs...moment they are free They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealoift of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 286 pages
...abroad .' 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...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,... | |
 | 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 are free : They touch our country, and their shackles fall." MR. CLARKSON. In 1785, Dr. Pickard, Master of Magdalen College, in the University of... | |
 | 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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Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall. 
