 | 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... | |
 | 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...vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. — COWTKR. CHAPTER IV. CESCHXPSIVl! 2SEC2ES. SECTION I. The... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 268 pages
...themselves once ferried o'er the ware That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe ii. England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment...vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power h felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. CHAP. IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I. The morning in summer.... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs 40 Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They...it, then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein 45 Of all your empire : that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs 40 Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They...it, then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein 45 Of all your empire : that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there... | |
 | 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...fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealoift of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein , Of all your empire... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 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...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray, John Walker - Children - 1826 - 314 pages
...wav» 1 nat parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. ! 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lunes Receive our air, that moment they are free ,' , They touch our country, and their shackles'fall. 1 hat a noble, and bespeaks a nation proud' And ealous of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
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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. 
